An Algerian appeals court has upheld a five-year prison sentence against renowned French Algerian author Boualem Sansal, intensifying concerns over freedom of expression in the North African country. The ruling also includes a fine of 500,000 Algerian dinars (approximately $3,850). Sansal, 80, was convicted of “undermining national unity” under Article 87 bis of the Algerian […]
Moroccan financial company Wafacash has sealed a deal with WorldRemit, an online money transfer service provider, enabling Moroccans living overseas to send money to their homeland wherein the cash will be available instantly for the beneficiaries. The money transfers wired though WorldRemit system can be picked up from any of the 1620 Wafacash locations installed […]
Former US ambassador to Tunisia Gordon Gray has urged the President Kais Saied not to take a leaf out of ex- autocratic Ben Ali’s book, noting that the incumbent Tunisian leader has a disdain for democratic institutions and disregard for the economy. “In August, I warned that Saied seemed to be following in Ben Ali’s […]
