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Springtime for Political Islam in North Africa: Defying the Western ‘Fear-Mongering’?

Islamist groupings across North Africa – who had long faced severe repression from the recently deposed dictators and were commonly denounced by the West as security threats – now lead three of the four new democratically elected governments in the region. But the Islamist parties that have suddenly found themselves in power across North Africa […]

Princess Lalla Asmae, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire inaugurate audiology centre & launch newborn hearing screening program in Rabat

Princess Lalla Asmae, youngest sister of King Mohammed VI, and the First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Dominique Ouattara, inaugurated, on Wednesday in Rabat, Lalla Asmae Foundation’s Hearing Diagnosis & Rehabilitation Centre and launched a newborn hearing screening program in the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region at Moulay Youssef Hospital Centre. After cutting the inaugural ribbon, the Princess and […]

Libya’s Haftar offers Russia military base on border with Chad, Sudan- media

Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar reportedly offered Russia a military base near the border with Chad and Sudan, confirming Moscow’s ambitions to make Libya its new African hub, replacing Syria, Italian news agency Nova said. Citing Libyan sources, Nova said Russia was transferring equipment and soldiers to the Maaten Al Sarra base in southern Libya […]