Senegal: Two lawmakers handed six months in prisons each for beating female colleague

A court in the Senegalese capital Dakar has condemned two members of the parliament to six months in prison each for beating a female colleague during an incident in the legislature last month. Massata Samb and Mamadou Niang, both from the opposition, attacked Ami Ndiaye from the ruling coalition during a parliament session on the […]

Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency Stands Out at Emirates Energy Award

The Moroccan agency for energy efficiency (AMEE) was awarded a top prize at the third Emirates Energy Award in Dubai in recognition for its efforts to promote the rational use of energy. AMEE was among 33 winners at the event organized in tandem with the fourth edition of The World Green Economy Summit (WGES) with […]

Libya’s central bank resumes operations after kidnapping of senior employee

Libya’s central bank has resumed normal operation after it was forced to suspend activities due to a kidnapping of one of its senior officials. Head of the bank’s information technology department, Musaab Muslamm was abducted on Sunday by an “unidentified party,” in Tripoli, while other bank employees received threats of similar kidnappings. The Bank resumed […]