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Casablanca Finance City partners with Hong Kong Financial Center to attract Asian investors

The Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA) and the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) of Hong Kong have agreed to strengthen cooperation and share experiences for the development of financial services industry. The agreement was inked Wednesday remotely by CEO of CFCA Saïd Ibrahimi and Head of FSDC Dr Au King-lun. The two centers will conduct […]

Tunisia files extradition from France of Ben Ali’s brother-in-law

Tunisian authorities have officially demanded France to extradite Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of deposed and exiled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Tunisian Justice ministry in a statement on Saturday said it asked the foreign ministry to demand Belhassen’s deportation from France, in line with bilateral agreements between the two countries. Belhassen on the run […]

Ex-Gabon First Lady to remain in prison after investigative judge rejects bailout request

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, wife of Gabon’s former leader Ali Bongo Ondimba, will remain in detention in Libreville main prison after the investigative judge turned down her defense team’s bailout request, ‘Gabon Review’ reports. The Franco-Gabonese woman was sent to prison on October 12, after long hours of hearing in an alleged case of money laundering […]