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The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will convene its 44th annual meeting in Marrakech April 3-6 to discuss challenges and explore opportunities facing IsDB Group member countries. The announcement of the venue was made Thursday by Moroccan Minister of Economy & Finance Mohamed Benchaaboun during the Public-Private Partnerships Forum 2019 organized by the IsDB in Rabat. […]
Algerian security forces must stop using excessive or unnecessary force to disperse peaceful demonstrations against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term in office, said Amnesty International. Since 22 February, a series of largely peaceful demonstrations have taken place across the country including protests by lawyers, students and journalists opposing a fifth mandate for […]
Tunisian authorities announced on Thursday that they managed to intercept 19 letters containing toxic substances that were addressed to public figures. The services of the General Directorate of National Security have managed to intercept these letters after a preventive and intelligence operation, in coordination with the prosecutor’s office at the judicial counterterrorism center, said the […]
Egyptian authorities Thursday handed over to Hamas four of its fighters kidnapped three years ago at Rafah crossing point. The Palestinian movement announced the release of the four officers, believed to be members of the group’s naval commando forces. The men were kidnapped from a bus at the crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza […]
President Macky Sall Thursday won a new term in office after the electoral commission credited him with 58.3 per cent of votes during the Sunday polls, clearly ahead of his rivals who said they rejected the result, but would not lodge a recourse with the Constitutional Council to contest it. Official but provisional results of […]
Libya’s main rivals have agreed to hold elections in a bid to preserve stability in the country and unify institutions, the UN said. Faiez Serraj of the UN-backed Presidential Council (PC) and Khalifa Haftar, military commander and supporter of Beida-based rival administration, agreed Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hold elections in the […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is looking to hire two consultants – a renewable specialist and a power system planning expert – to help steer the set-up of a solar corridor in the region. Between April and June this year, the experts will produce a strategic plan on how to deliver the […]
With financial backing from Green Climate Fund, the West-African Development Bank (BOAD) has approved a €100 million loan to finance renewable energy development in countries from the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The goal of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries and help adapt […]
As popular protest build up across Algeria against a fifth term for ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, some voices within the regime are invoking the Syrian chaos to maintain the authoritarian status quo. “Citizens offered flowers to policemen. That is beautiful. But I remind them that in Syria it all started with flowers,” said prime minister […]
The adoption of the farm and fisheries agreements between Morocco and the European Union (EU) confirms the strength of relations between the two partners, said Thursday in Rabat Mrs. Ines Ayala Sender, co-chair of EU-Morocco-Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). Partnership between the two sides gained momentum following the recent vote by the European Parliament for the […]