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Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has seen his death penalty for alleged facilitation of a mass jail break in July 2011 overturned as country’s court of cassation demands retail. Morsi was deposed in July 2013 by then army general Abdel Read more
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) have launched a joint program destined to boast private renewable energy markets in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. The SEMED Private Renewable Energy Framework (SPREF), Read more
Lebanon’s political arena is in disarray as political parties that rallied behind Michel Aoun for him to be elected as President to end the presidential vacuum of more than two years battle for ministerial positions. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri met Read more
Several heads of space agencies from all over the globe held a meeting in Marrakech on the sidelines of COP22 to discuss the prospects for cooperation in the field of earth observation in the context of climate change. The event, Read more
Head of Algerian government has said that his country is ready to settle its disputes with neighboring Morocco in a bid to boost Arab Maghreb Union which is lagging behind other regional blocs. In an interview carried out by Al Read more
People from all around the world have taken part in a march in Marrakech to raise awareness about the need to take urgent and concrete action to save the planet. The thousands of climate advocates who demonstrated through the streets Read more
Cairo has reacted to President Erdogan’s latest accusations of “the Egyptian regime” providing “support” to the Gulen movement claiming that Ankara was back-stabbed. Erdogan in an interview with Al Jazeera aired on Thursday said “we differentiate between the Egyptian people Read more
The Tunisian Ministry of Defense Wednesday announced the army hunted down and killed Talal Saïdi, the leader of IS-linked terrorist Jund al-Khilafa, which killed a Tunisian soldier in his house in the central-western region of the country. Jund al-Khilafa assaulted Read more
Fatou Bensouda, Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told Wednesday the UN Security Council that her institution will make civil war-ravaged Libya its top priority next year. In an address before the Security Council, the UN top prosecutor Read more
Morocco, host country of 22nd UN conference on climate change (COP22) has purchased from the World Bank USD 100 million in World Bank Green Bonds. These 3-year bonds mature on December 15, 2019 and have a semi-annual fixed rate coupon Read more