Hunting Trophies at heart of Germany-Botswana dispute

Botswana’s President strongly protested against a German plan to restrict imports of hunting trophies from the African country. Germany raised sustainability and poaching concern for its hunting trophy restrictions. President Mokgweetsi Masisi responded to the decision saying he would send 20,000 elephants as a gift to Germany, complaining of an over elephant population. “It is […]

Morocco launches tender worth over 1$ Billion for new Casablanca airport terminal

Morocco’s National Airports Office (ONDA) has launched a tender worth over one billion US dollar for the construction of a new terminal at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport. The new terminal, to be built over 600,000 m², is expected to handle at its first phase 20 million passengers annually, a capacity expandable to 30 million. […]

Spain: People on the dole to near 6 million in 2013

The number of people on the dole in Spain will near 6 million in 2013, i.e. more than a quarter of the workforce in the country. The gloomy unemployment figures were disclosed this week by the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE) which underlined that the labor reform adopted by the government will not curb […]