Moroccan health Minister khalid Ait Taleb

Africa’s informal economy employs 83% of workforce in 2024- UN data

About 83% of all jobs in Africa were informal in 2024, highlighting the continued dominance of an economic model that sustains livelihoods while constraining public finances and social protection, according to consolidated figures from the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The scale of informality has barely shifted over the past two decades, with the […]

Geneva: NGO slams Algeria’s arbitrary deportation of Sub-Saharan Migrants

NGO PDES, French acronym for ‘Promotion of Economic and Social Development’, criticized, in Geneva, the arbitrary deportation of sub-Saharan migrants by the Algerian authorities in defiance of international human rights standards. Speaking at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council, the NGO, which has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council […]

Tunisia declares war on pandemic as cases spike

“We are at war! We have lost the fight because of a set of measures but we will win the war!” Kais Saied told the army and police top brass. Tunisia has imposed a partial lockdown and a nationwide night curfew for two weeks with the aim of curbing the spike in cases and deaths […]