Category: Headlines

Tunisia: New Cabinet Team Unveiled; Early Elections Avoided

February 20, 2020

Tunisia’s Prime Minister designate Elyes Fakhfakh on Wednesday unveiled his new coalition government after reaching an agreement with Ennahda moderate Islamist Party. Fakhfakh said the ... Read More

World Tourism: Morocco, leading destination in Africa

February 20, 2020

Morocco emerged in 2019 as the leading African tourism destination for foreign holiday makers, according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) whose provisional figures credit ... Read More

Rwanda, Uganda swap prisoners to end diplomatic row

February 20, 2020

Rwanda and Uganda have swapped prisoners ahead of the meeting Friday between the two countries’ presidents to resolve a diplomatic row that has led to ... Read More

Palestine: Egypt begins construction of wall at border with Gaza

February 20, 2020

Egypt Wednesday began construction of a concrete wall along border with Gaza to thwart illegal trafficking from inside the enclave controlled by the Hamas movement. ... Read More

French medical giant Sebia opens first office in GCC

February 20, 2020

Sebia, a French world leading medical firm, opened in Dubai its first office in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Arabia Business reports. Sebia said it ... Read More

Ooredoo Algeria boss expulsed for planning workers’ sacking

February 20, 2020

The Algerian President Wednesday ordered the deportation of telecommunication company Ooredoo Algeria CEO after he reportedly planned to sack hundreds of workers. Nickolai Beckers, a ... Read More

Morocco, Mauritania eager to re-activate spirit of fraternity & neighborliness agreement of 1970

February 20, 2020

Morocco and Mauritania are eager to re-activate the spirit of the agreement of fraternity and neighborliness they signed in 1970. This eagerness was stressed at ... Read More

Valencia Football Club Opens Academy in Morocco

February 20, 2020

Spanish football club, Valencia FC, has opened an academy in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh to train young players, local coaches and share its professional ... Read More

Palestinian FM Commends Moroccan King’s Role in Protecting Al-Quds

February 19, 2020

Palestinian Foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki commended, on Wednesday in Brussels, the pivotal role played by King Mohammed VI, in his capacity as Chairman of the ... Read More

Algeria too Weak to Act as a Regional Arbiter

February 19, 2020

Algeria’s newly elected government suffers from scant legitimacy as pro-democracy Hirak continues its pressure, which has been ongoing for a year in favor of a ... Read More