King Mohammed VI and Turki Al-Sheikh

King Mohammed VI Reiterates Need to Rethink Morocco’s Development Model

King Mohammed VI reiterated his call for the elaboration of a new development model conducive to achieving social justice and addressing the problem of social and inter-regional disparities. In a message to the third parliamentary forum on social justice, which opened Monday in Rabat, under the theme “The challenges of social and spatial justice and […]

South Sudan President dismisses Vice-President, other Key officials

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has dismissed Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel and removed him from his leadership role in the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party, according to presidential decrees broadcast on SSBC State television on Wednesday. Bol Mel was also demoted from general to private in the National Security Service. The […]

Tunisia gets $268.4 million loan from World Bank to finance power connection project

The World Bank Thursday approved a $268.4 million loan to Tunisia earmarked for financing electricity connection with Italy, State-run news agency TAP reports. The electrical interconnection project known as ELMED is set to provide a 230 km-long 600MW connection to Italy’s Sicily. ELMED will produce a quantum leap in the integration of the electricity markets […]