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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 […]

AfDB loans Côte d’Ivoire €165m to finance key programs of country’s National Development Plan 2021-2025

The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced Monday the approval by its board of directors of two loans valued at €165 million earmarked for the implementation of the Diversification, Industrial Acceleration, Competitiveness and Employment (DAICE) Program, an important aspect of the country’s National Development Plan 2021-2025. The first loan is worth €120 million and the second […]

US President praises, in phone call with King Mohammed VI, the swift, efficient management of earthquake

King Mohammed VI received a phone call from the President of the United States of America, Joseph R. Biden, on Monday. During the call, the US president expressed his personal condolences, as well as those of the American people and government, to the Sovereign and to the Moroccan people, following the painful earthquake that struck […]