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Moroccan Sahara highway almost complete

Works to build a highway linking Tiznit in central Morocco to Dakhla are now 81% complete, in a key project that will improve connectivity between Morocco and its south and open a gateway for road traffic to the rest of Africa. The new 1055km-long road will be built at a cost of 10 billion dirhams […]

NEA Reports Smooth Start to Egypt’s 2025 Parliamentary Elections

Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) announced on Monday, 10 November 2025, that the first day of voting in the parliamentary elections proceeded smoothly without any reported violations. NEA Executive Director Ahmed Bendary confirmed that all 5,606 subcommittees under 70 main committees across 14 governorates were fully operational, with polling stations remaining open until the last […]

Tunisia: Jewish candidate runs for Municipal Elections as Member of Islamist Ennahda Party

Tunisia’s Islamist party has chosen Simon Salama, a Tunisian Jew, as its candidate for the municipal elections in Monastir, south of Tunis. Salama said that Ennahda is a civilian party open to modernity, adding that all Jews in Tunisia could participate in civic, social and political life as Tunisian citizens. Salama, who was raised in […]