13 people died Monday after a building collapsed in the Egyptian capital Cairo, in a string building disasters. A five-storey building reportedly built without permit before 1980, when the country’s construction law was passed, collapsed after a resident recently demolished his apartment’s walls on the first floor, despite warnings not to do so. The prosecution, […]
Algerian President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika stunned Algerians and opposition parties when he affirmed in an address on Independence Day that he would continue ruling Algeria despite his critical health condition. Under fire at home and on the international front for his incapacity and for the corruption and autocracy of his regime, president Bouteflika slammed critics […]
Morocco has been ranked Africa’s fifth best performer in the Global Competitiveness Report issued by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF.) At the continental level, Morocco was advanced by Mauritius, South Africa, Rwanda and Botswana in the Index that examines the determinants of long-term growth in a total of 138 countries. Globally, Morocco gained two […]
