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Mauritanian HABIDEM wins Med’Innovant Africa 2023

Habidem, a Mauritanian small business known for turning local resources into a bio-sourced thermal insulator from Typha, a noxious plant, has been awarded Med’Innovant Africa 2023 prize, an innovation competition created by Marseille-based urban and economic development Agency Euroméditerranée. Led by Oumar WELE, the company bagged €7,000 financial assistance, a full support package to build […]

Sudan’s central Darfur declares state of emergency after mediators attacked

A state of emergency has been declared in Sudan’s Central Darfur state after gunmen opened fire on members of a reconciliation committee tasked with settling an inter-communal dispute, killing 24 people. Central Darfur Governor Saad Adam Babiker on Sunday (13 November) issued an order declaring a state of emergency in all parts of Central Darfur […]

Outcry in Tunisia over harsh jail sentence to three people for smoking pot

Several human rights groups and activists and social media users have denounced as unjust the ruling of a court in Tunisia which sentenced three people aged under 30 to 30 years in prison each on cannabis use charges. The critics of the ruling also called for amending the Law 52 on which the court based […]