Tunisia: Saied continues crackdown on opposition
With Tunisia’s Presidential election two months away, a hopeful candidate’s team was arrested by the police on July 28th, hours...
Month: July 2024
Macron offers Morocco king olive branch over Sahara
A three year row between France and Morocco seems to have ended, following a bold move by Emmanual Macron to...
Morocco king frees imprisoned journalists and intellectuals
Three journalists and an intellectual were pardoned and released from prison on July 29 by King Mohammed VI, reports AFP. Known...
Morocco: Cannabis sector booming with drought-resilient seed
As much of Morocco's countryside lays bare in its sixth consecutive year of drought, a new drought-resilient variant of the...
Libya: 12 officials jailed over deadly floods in Derna
The Attorney General announced in Tripoli that a Libyan court has jailed 12 officials over the mismanagement of dams that...
Mali troops and Russian allies fight rebels near Algerian border
The New Arab reports that Mali troops, with the help of Russian mercenaries, battled against separatist rebels near the border...
Morocco: deadly heatwave claims 21 lives
The Moroccan Heath Ministry announced that at least 21 people had been killed within a 24-hour period in the central...
Iran demands exclusion of Israel from Paris Olympics
With Israel’s actions in Gaza attracting disapproval from all over the world, the participation of the Israeli team at the...
Israel: Elon Musk connects satellite internet to Gaza hospital
Against the backdrop of a war that rages on between Israel and Hamas, Elon Musk has activated his Starlink satellite...
Tunisia: Prickly pear industry threatened by tiny insect
A tiny insect is ravaging Tunisia’s prickly pear industry, which is a critical source of revenue for the North African...
Russian Duma Speaker visits Algeria to soothe relations
On July 22nd, Russia’s State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Viktorovitch Volodin commenced his official visit to Algeria with hopes of strengthening...
Tunisia’s beaches are being swept away at alarming rate
On the face of it, a crisis facing Tunisia’s beaches could be seen simply as a logistical challenge, given that...
Over 300 sub-Saharan migrants reach Spain in 24 hours
Despite the migration deal that Spain and the EU signed with Mauritania in early February 2024, aimed to reduce the...
Morocco prepares to launch “e-dirham” digital currency
Morocco is preparing to launch the "e-dirham", the first kind of digital currency in the country with hopes of reforming...
Morocco: Former minister Ziane sentenced to 5 years in jail
On July 20th, Moroccan opposition figure and former minister Mohamed Ziane was sentenced to five years in prison, according to...
