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Senegalese researchers working on a severity index of Covid-19

In Senegal, the Office of Economic Foresight is working on the development of a Covid-19 severity index, betting on statistics to draw lessons from the global management of the crisis. Since its creation in 2018, the Office has already developed a number of indicators that are supposed to measure, among other things, a country’s level […]

Tunisia: Former Environment Minister sentenced to three years in prison

A court in Tunisia has condemned former Environment minister Mustapha Aroui to three years in prison for involvement in the illegal import of household waste from Italy in 2020. The ruling was issued by Tunis Court of Instance. Aroui has been in prison since December 2020, only six months into the job. The case raised […]

Morocco-Spain Gibraltar submarine tunnel project on agenda again

The submarine tunnel project to link Morocco and Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar which was elaborated decades ago has been put on the table of discussion again on the sidelines of the 12th Moroccan-Spanish high-level meeting held this week in Rabat. The project was at the focus of talks held between Moroccan ministers of […]