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Eid al-Fitr in Africa: economic struggles, conflicts dampen festive mood

As Muslims across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region prepare to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr — the Feast of Breaking the Ramadan Fast — starting from Wednesday (11 April), people in many parts of Africa are bracing for low-key festivities due to the tough economic and security challenges that their countries are going through. […]

Opposition Party calls for release of political prisoners in Algeria

The workers’ party (PT), one of the main opposition parties in Algeria, drew a gloomy picture of the human rights situation in the country, calling for the release of political detainees and prisoners of conscience. In a statement issued after the weekly meeting of the secretariat of its political bureau, the workers’ party called on […]

Morocco’s King chairs religious ceremony in memory of late Hassan II

King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful chaired, on Friday at the Mohammed V Mausoleum in Rabat, a religious ceremony in commemoration of the 24th anniversary of the passing away of late King Hassan II. The religious ceremony was marked by the recitation of verses of the Holy Quran and the declamation of panegyrics of […]