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Maghreb: Taieb Bacchouche, New Chairman of Arab Maghreb Union

Tunisian former Foreign Minister became Thursday Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU.) The 72-year-old former diplomat was appointed by the AMU Foreign Ministers Council at the 33rd session held in Tunis. Bacchoube will replace country-man Habib Ben Yahia, outgoing Secretary General of the AMU. Bacchoube was Tunisia’s Foreign Minister from February 2015 to […]

World Health Day: tackling urban air pollution top priority for African governments

As the world marked World Health Day on 7 April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted air pollution — most notably in fast-growing cities in Africa — as a top danger that the governments on the continent need to resolve. Experts and organizations working for cleaner air in Africa have recently met in Cameroon’s […]

Countries turning their backs on their history weaken their own destiny, Moroccan King’s advisor

Countries that turn their backs on their history and that cannot resist the tragic illusions of amnesia compromise and weaken their own destiny.   The remarks were made by André Azoulay, advisor to King Mohammed VI of Morocco at the opening session of an international webinar held under the theme “Preserving and Transmitting Memory to […]