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Egypt: Import Duties on Luxury Goods Increased to Promote Local Products

A new presidential decree coming into effect this February 1 will increase import duties on luxury goods from 10% to 40% as the government tries to boost its foreign reserves and ensure that they are spent on essential products while hoping to contribute to an increase in demand of local products. Ahmed Shiha, head of […]

Morocco: One of IS sympathizers deported from France planned attacks against security forces

One of the two Moroccan citizens recently deported from France had plans to perpetrate terrorist attacks in Morocco, the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday. France deported the two Moroccans on August 26 because they constitute a threat to the country’s security. Investigation undertaken by Morocco’s powerful Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) revealed that one […]

Germany calls on Algeria to release writer Boualem Sansal

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Algerian authorities to release Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who was sentenced to five years in prison in July for remarks questioning Algeria’s colonial-era borders. Sansal, 80, was arrested in Algiers in November 2024 after publicly stating that western Algeria had historically belonged to Morocco and that France had redrawn borders […]