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Morocco’s Addoha group to build 5,000 social housing units in Gabon

Moroccan real-estate leader, Addoha group, will build 5,000 social housing units in Gabon under an agreement signed lately with the authorities of this central African country. According to local press reports, the agreement was inked by Addoha Deputy Managing Director Mehdi Zemmama and Gabonese Housing Minister Ludovic Menié in presence of transitional President, Gen. Brice […]

Kabyle music Icon Idir buried in Paris instead of his homeland

Icon of Amazigh music in Algeria, Hamid Cheriet, better known as Idir, has been buried in Paris instead of his beloved Kabyle region after the Algerian regime declined requests for the repatriation of his body. Idir died on May 3 in France at the age of 70 after a long struggle with pulmonary disease leaving […]

Egypt: Suez Canal authority raises transit fees for oil tankers to 15%

The Suez Canal Authority announced Tuesday it will temporarily raise fees levied on tankers carrying crude oil and petroleum derivatives for ships transiting the waterway in both directions from the beginning of May. Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority has temporarily raised a surcharge levied on tankers carrying crude oil and petroleum derivatives transiting the canal in […]