Algeria: Approval of austerity budget leads to strike calls

The lower Algerian parliament has approved the budget bill for 2017 but members of the opposition party boycotted the vote with some branding posters reading “Starving the people” and “Undermining the social nature of the state” to protest against the Read more

Madagascar Hails Morocco’s Decision To Rejoin African Union

Foreign minister of Madagascar Atallah Beatrice Jeanine has hailed Morocco’s decision to rejoin the African Union (AU) and pledged to support the North African Kingdom’s bid to retake “its legitimate seat” within its African institutional family. Mrs Beatrice made the Read more

Libya: Dinar plunges alarmingly, Central Bank says it is “logical”

Libya’s black markets have registered an unprecedented surge in the rates of the foreign currencies in exchange of the Libyan dinar over the weekend; further increasing the differences between the Prime Minister-designate Faiez Serraj of the UN-Backed Government of National Read more

Morocco To Build $ 2.5 Bln Fertilizer Plant in Ethiopia

The historic visit paid this weekend to Addis Ababa by King Mohammed VI was crowned with the signing of a 2.5 billion deal to build a giant plant to produce fertilizers in Ethiopia. The deal was inked by Morocco’s Office Read more

Turkey – Egypt Clash: al-Sisi prepares to recognize the Armenian genocide

Claims that Egyptian parliament will vote on a resolution condemning the Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 have resurfaced again and the head of the Armenian National Committee of Egypt said a draft could be presented in Read more