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Morocco’s Unemployment Rate Hits 10.7% in Q1 2017

Unemployment rate rose to 10.7% in Morocco in the first quarter of 2017 up from 10.4% the same period last year with job growth staggering in the country’s public sector in light of the post-electoral deadlock and the consequent delay in the adoption of the 2017 appropriation bill. According to data issued by Morocco’s statistics […]

Sudanese Army claims to be fighting RSF paramilitary group in extensive engagements in Khartoum

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) reported on May 20 that they have been engaged in combat with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman city, north of Khartoum, since Monday, May 19. The SAF is getting close to clearing Khartoum State of RSF fighters, according to a statement from SAF spokesperson Nabil Abdalla. “Our […]

Tunisian court hands six-year prison sentence in absentia to former First Lady

The Tunis Court of First Instance condemned former First Lady Leila Ben Ali to six years in prison in absentia for traffic of influence, Webdo Tunis reports. The criminal chamber specialized in financial corruption cases accused the wife of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who died in exile in Saudi Arabia in 2019, of using […]