Over twenty Tunisians have submitted their applications for the snap September 15 presidential elections four days after electoral body launched the process, reports say. As of Tuesday, the number of applications reached 21 after three independent candidates submitted their bids, Tunis Webdo reports. Tunisia’s liberal Prime Minister and leader of Tahya Tounes party Youssef Chahed […]
Morocco’s leading banking group, Attijariwafa bank, has submitted a bid to take over British Barclay’s Egypt branch, a source close to the Moroccan institution told Reuters. The transaction has been estimated at $400 million. Barclay has decided to get rid of its Egypt’s branch as part of structural adjustment policy in a move to generate […]
The suspects involved in the killing of two Scandinavian tourists in the High Atlas Mountains appeared on Thursday before a criminal court in the city of Salé (near Rabat). This is their last hearing before the court’s ruling. A total of 24 persons, including a Spanish-Swiss convert to Islam, are facing several charges including promoting […]
