Mauritania will carry out a head count of its population, the fifth in its history, before the end of year, to gather data needed to prepare, implement, monitor, and evaluate the various development policies, the country’s National Agency for Statistics and Demographic and Economic Analysis has announced. Mohamed Mokhtar Ould Sidi, head of the agency, […]
Angela Merkel has reportedly declined an invitation from Algerian authorities who called off in the last moment a visit by the German Chancellor last February due to the falling health of Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The Algerian press reported that Merkel was very upset with the last minute cancellation of the two-day visit during which […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi dismissed the country’s Minister of Culture for disregarding recommended measures to confront covid-19 pandemic and tasked Tourism Minister Habib Ammar with serving as acting Culture Minister. This decision was announced in a press release issued late on Monday night on the Prime Ministry’s Facebook page. Walid Zidi, the […]
