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Moroccans lost nearly €11 million in Schengen visa refusals in 2023

Moroccans have lost nearly €11 million in fees for rejected Schengen visas last year. In 2023, the number of Moroccan nationals who had their Schengen visas applications rejected amounted to 136,367, costing €10.9 million or about 117 million MAD. This places Morocco second among African countries in numbers of visa rejections. While the Kingdom led […]

Africa/Football/Scandal: Algerian Authorities Blamed for Absence of VAR in USM Alger- Rivers United Match

Voices are rising at the FIFA, urging the Confederation of African Football to take action against the Algerian authorities for using procrastination tactics to prevent the deployment of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) at a CAF quarter finals game played lately in Algiers between “USM Alger” and “Rivers United” of Nigeria. The African football governing body […]

COVID-19: Reopening of Tunisian-Libyan borders after over a month-long closure

Borders between Tunisia and Libya are to reopen this Friday Sept.17 after more than one month closure because of COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening decision came after the Tunisian and Libyan committees of security and health reviewed the situation and after ministerial delegations from the two countries agreed at a meeting in Djerba on security and […]