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Algeria spikes defense budget to $21.6 bln

As Algerians continue to suffer in long queues for basic goods, the military regime in Algeria has allocated its defense department a bloated budget of 21.6 billion dollars in 2024, up from 19 billion this year. The army thus widens the gap with other departments as the largest spending sector, mirroring its position as a […]

Morocco/Earthquake: OPEC Fund donates $500,000 to support relief efforts

The OPEC Fund for International Development has announced a $500,000 grant to support Morocco’s humanitarian relief efforts following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8, 2023. The 7.2-magnitue earthquake has caused serious material damage and claimed nearly 3,000 lives, making it the deadliest quake to hit the North African Kingdom in decades. In […]

Libya: 45 Pro-Gadhafi Militiamen Sentenced to Death

A Tripoli court has put 45 militiamen connected to late ruler Muammar Gadhafi on the death row, after the defendants were indicted for the killing of demonstrators during the NATO-backed revolution in 2011 that brought down the autocratic ruler. The court in its ruling found the men guilty of the execution of dozens of people […]