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Congo: Sassou Nguesso’s party wins Senators’ elections

Congolese Labor Party (PCT), the party of President Denis Sassou Nguessou, has won the majority of seats in the country’s Senate polls held on Sunday August 20. The party won 52 seats out of the 72 available in the upper house, according to the result put out by the Interior ministry Wednesday August 23. “This […]

New Foundation Confirms Morocco’s Role as a Bastion of Moderate Islam

Morocco’s King officially launched on Monday evening the Mohammed VI Foundation for African scholars tasked with boosting scientific and cultural reflection on Islam and spreading tolerant Islam in Africa. The foundation, which is part of Morocco’s strategy to fight extremism and religious fanaticism through spreading moderate Islam, is meant to foster coordination between all African […]

Algeria to fund enrollment of 400 PhD students at Irish University

The Algerian government will grant scholarships to 400 PhD students to be enrolled at the Irish University of Limerick (UL).   The program to cost up to €20 million over four years comes as the North African country embarks on a switch from French to English as the official language of teaching and learning in […]