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Morocco Gets €200 Mln Funding from AfDB to Improve Employment Opportunities for Women & Young People

The African Development Bank has approved €200 million funding for the implementation of Morocco’s “Cap Compétences 2030” program designed to improve employment opportunities for young people and women. The Bank’s funding will enable the country to strengthen the quality and diversity of vocational training through the digitalization of services, the large-scale rollout of learning systems, […]

Tunisian court hands capital punishments to five following 2020 deadly tribal confrontations

The court of First Instance of the coastal city of Gabes, condemned Wednesday five people to capital punishments, a sixth person to life imprisonment, all of them charged with premeditated murder and possession of a firearm without a permit during a 2020 confrontation between two tribes in Ain skhouna, South of Tunisia. December 12, 2020, […]

Burundi shuts down Rwanda border, suspends diplomatic ties amid rising tensions

Relations between Burundi and Rwanda have taken another downturn after the former announced on Thursday (18 January) that it had suspended diplomatic ties with its neighbor and unilaterally closed its border. The move came last week, after the Burundi government accused Rwanda of supporting a Burundian rebel group known as RED-Tabara that is based in […]