Environmental Friendly Firm transforms waste as Morocco faces trash ‘time bomb’ Meknes – Recycling in Morocco may be in its infancy, but the North African kingdom is making steady progress,... Read more 20 Dec, 2021
Countries Egypt Brotherhood leader gets life for Hamas espionage Cairo – Egypt sentenced Mahmud Ezzat, the 77-year-old top leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, to life in jail on... Read more 19 Dec, 2021
Countries Morocco arrests 25 ‘terrorism’ suspects, security source says Rabat – Moroccan security forces arrested 25 people this month on suspicion of supporting the Islamic State group and planning... Read more 19 Dec, 2021
Countries ISIS plot in Morocco foiled with US help, officials say Rabat – Moroccan security forces with US support have foiled a suspected bomb plot by the so-called Islamic State... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Coronavirus Egypt reports first cases of Omicron variant Cairo – Egypt on Saturday said it had detected its first three cases of the coronavirus Omicron variant, at the... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Countries Hundreds protests in Tunisia on anniversary of revolution Tunis – Hundreds rallied for and against Tunisian President Kais Saied in central Tunis on Friday, on the eleventh... Read more 17 Dec, 2021
Countries Tunisia appeal seeks to decriminalise homosexuality Tunis – Tunisian lawyers and rights activists lodged an appeal on Thursday against the imprisonment of two men for same-sex... Read more 17 Dec, 2021
Countries Morocco court approves Uyghur extradition to China, says lawyer Rabat – A Moroccan court has ruled that a member of China’s Uyghur Muslim minority, Yidiresi Aishan, can be extradited... Read more 16 Dec, 2021
Countries Armed groups deploy around key sites in Libyan capital Tripoli – Armed groups deployed in the streets of Libya’s capital Tripoli overnight into Thursday, in an apparent show of... Read more 16 Dec, 2021
Business Algeria lends $300m to cash-strapped Tunisia Tunis – Heavily indebted Tunisia said on Tuesday it had received a loan from oil-rich neighbour Algeria, the day before... Read more 15 Dec, 2021