Mustapha Khalfi

Tourist arrivals up 4.6% in first five months of 2019

The number of tourists visiting Morocco between January and May 2019 increased 4.6% to 3.5 million compared with the same period last year. International tourist arrivals rose 1% while Moroccans living abroad visiting their homeland dropped 8%, the tourism ministry said in its latest statistics. Analysts said that the number of foreign tourists and Moroccans […]

One dies in clashes between Algerian security forces and football fans

At least a young man died in violent incidents involving football fans and security forces in Algiers that left scores injured, as the regime tries to quell any protests or unrest that could lead to the rebirth of the pro-democracy Hirak protests. The clashes followed a chaotic organization by Algerian authorities of an African confederation […]

Libya : U.N envoy and PM al-Thinni targeted in triple car explosions

Cars have exploded near the place where U.N special envoy Bernadino Leon was to meet with Prime Minster Abdullah al-Thinni. The meeting was scheduled to take place in Shabat, a city in eastern Libya. It is still unclear whether the explosion targeted the two officials and no group is yet to claim responsibility. Malta strongly […]