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Eight candidates join race to succeed AfDB president Adesina in 2025

With the two-term tenure of African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina coming to an end by May 2025, a total of eight candidates, including from South Africa, Algeria, Senegal, Zambia, and Mauritania, are in race to succeed him. The race is beginning to heat up with candidates across Africa declaring their intention to replace […]

Moroccan Youssef  Azzouzi, Arab World’s Top Innovator

Moroccan Doctor Youssef  Azzouzi was declared the Arab World’s top innovator in the Grand Final of Stars of Science Season 11 held in Doha for his After months spent building, testing, and developing innovative technology, Youssef  Azzouzi was announced the Arab world’s top innovator for his Flow Modulator Stent, aimed to help congestive heart failure […]

Press Freedom Watchdogs Slam Algeria for Stifling Independent Journalists

International media watchdogs criticized Algeria’s repressive measures to intimidate journalists and demanded the immediate release of journalist and fixer Saïd Chitour who has been held in pretrial detention on allegations of spying for over a month. Reporters without Borders (RSF) released a statement denouncing as “excessive” the pretrial detention of Chitour, and expressing concern over […]