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North Africa’s aviation companies are engaged in a battle to dominate the skies. The latest move to increase its effectiveness in the skies emanates from Air Algerie. The company boosted its fleet with the signing of three 250 seat Airbus passenger jets and eight 150-seat jets from Boeing, company officials said. The deal is worth […]
The ongoing voting of the constitutional articles is surrounded with great enthusiasm and debates. The different political parties are blaming each other for the approval or rejection of certain articles. Voting began at the end of last week. Death threats have already been sent to a couple of members in parliament thereby delaying the voting […]
Experts forecast that the Egyptian Stock Exchange will rise by 40 percent in the new year, which should, along with the major political events like the constitutional referendum and parliamentary and presidential elections, promote expectations of stability and security. The director of investment at Egyptians Abroad Investment and Development Co. said that the country’s stock […]
Morocco has launched on Thursday the legalization process of undocumented migrants as recommended by the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and as promised by the country’s king last September. Very early on Thursday, long queues of illegal immigrants were waiting to submit their applications at the « Aliens’ bureaux » opened throughout Morocco, a premiere […]
The Libyan government has finally been able to convince the protesters occupying the EL Shararaoilfield to free it for production. The announcement came at a point when Tripoli is facing financial problems due to the occupation of almost all the oil ports. Production at the site is expected to begin before Monday and it will […]
From the perspective of Tunisian youth, year 2013 was a game-changer. According to Issam Khemakhem, the president of the Tunisian-Euro-Mediterranean Association of Youth (ATEMJ), the need to combat extremism, as experienced by Tunisia in 2013, due to terrorist attacks, is reinforced especially when it comes to dealing with ideological, religious, or social threats. ATEMJ has […]
Tunisia’s parliament is expected to vote on the drafted constitution on Friday but the text is undergoing amendments in the last moments and parliamentarians are yet to lay their hands on the final draft. The National Constituent Assembly begun the amendments after intense last-minute negotiations led to the revision of certain articles and probably some […]
Moroccan opposition is calling for a brush-up of the government’s social policies claiming that they do not yield expected outcomes or they have an impact on targeted groups. The opposition questions Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane and attacked him for not fulfilling his promises on labour market, health, housing, education, and poverty alleviation. According to Hakim […]
Mauritania which is pinpointed by several international and national NGOs for the practice of slavery that is still common in the country decided to set up a special court to try slavery crimes and help thus put an end to the practice. The Judiciary Supreme council, chaired by the head of State, decided this week […]
Signs of shaking up the transitional road-map set up by the military after the coup d’état against Mohammed Morsi have emerged after Interim President Adly Mansour hinted that they can hold presidential elections before the parliamentary polls. Egypt is still in a critical situation as the Muslim Brotherhood and it supporters continue to demand the […]