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Kenya’s parliament has approved the deployment of nearly 1,000 troops to fight an insurgency in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid questions about the $37 million cost for the first six months of the mission. A parliament committee report says the funds will be spent on equipment, allowances, and operations for […]
Mali’s army and jihadist groups have carried out massacres and hundreds of human rights violations, the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said in a report that details previously undocumented abuses against civilians. The MINUSMA report reportedly lists 375 rights violations in the country between July and September, attributing 163 to jihadist groups and 162 […]
The ailing and ageing military regime in Algiers has officially asked to join the BRICS, a group of fastly growing emerging economies, in a move that indicates the level of disillusionment among the leadership of a country whose GDP is indexed on the raw oil and gas it exports. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South […]
Moroccan MPs gave go-ahead to the 2023 budget law that aims to foster the well-fare state, cut the fiscal deficit and promote investment in a difficult international context marked by the impact of imported inflation and the repercussions of climate change and drought. Drought and inflation have both dipped Morocco’s growth forecast for 2022 to […]
Morocco and Egypt have signed an agreement seeking to upgrade their cooperation in matters of environment and sustainable development. The agreement, signed in Sharm el-Sheikh, on the sidelines of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), takes into consideration recent developments in this field at the […]
A report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), published this week, highlighted the efforts and progress made by Morocco in tax transparency. The OECD report on transparency and exchange of information in Morocco notes that the Kingdom has a legal framework that generally ensures the availability of relevant information, as well as […]
Prince Moulay Rachid, President of the Marrakesh International Film Festival Foundation, gives a warm welcome back to the movie-lovers from around the world to the festival which opens doors this Friday after a two-year pause due to Covid-19 restrictions. “After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, we are pleased to welcome you again for […]
Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the Islamist Ennahdha movement, Tunisia’s largest political forces, was let free Thursday, after his interrogation in a court in the city of Sousse, in connection to an investigation into “Instalingo” case in which he is suspected of calling for an armed uprising against President Kais Saied. Ghannouchi was set free […]
Greater efforts are needed to stabilize South Sudan, said the United Nations head of peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, as he wrapped up a visit to the war-torn country that is struggling with the impact of climate change in addition to inter-communal conflicts, all of which have led to a growing need for humanitarian aid. During […]
With a new dispatching center, an improved electrical capacity, and deals signed with all its neighbors, Côte d’Ivoire is laying the groundwork to become a major exporter of electricity. In Côte d’Ivoire’s capital city, Yamoussoukro, a second $40m electricity dispatching center recently opened its doors. As the second in the country – the first one […]