Saudi Arabia says Russia has released 10 prisoners of war captured in Ukraine, including a Moroccan, following the mediation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The other citizens are from the United States, Britain, Sweden and Croatia. Their names are yet to be revealed. A statement from Saudi authorities said …
Read More »Libyan court sentenced man to death for “apostasy from Islam”
A Libyan court has sentenced a young man to death on charges of “apostasy from Islam”, Libyan channel al-Jumhiriyah reported. The young man named Diya’ was described as a hafiz, one who has memorized the entire Koran suggesting that he was once a member of the Islamic clerical class, thereby making …
Read More »Egypt: Suez Canal Authority to raise transit fees
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced plans to raise fees for ships passing through the Suez Canal by 15% in 2023. According to Ossama Rabiee, Chairman and CEO of SCA, transit fees for bulk carriers and tourist vessels will see a 10% increase. He also stated that the increase is inevitable …
Read More »Egypt: 46 activists detained now free
Authorities in Egypt announced the release of 46 activists, many of whom have been held for several years in pre-trial detention. They include a prominent left-wing lawyer, Haytham Mohammadain, accused of being a member of a terrorist group – a blanket charge leveled at critics of the government, the BBC …
Read More »Morocco to produce its own gas from 2024 or 2025
Morocco announced its own gas production from 2024 or 2025, in a context marked by an energy crisis due to the war in Ukraine. Following the discovery of the Anchois gas field off the coast of Larache earlier this year, Morocco plans to start producing natural gas in two or …
Read More »French Prime Minister to arrive in Algiers in October
French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne will pay a two-day working visit to Algiers, the Algerian capital from October 9 to 10, 2022, with the aim of consolidating the new start in relations between the two countries. While France and Algeria have recently gone through one of the worst diplomatic crises …
Read More »Is Algerian gas a credible alternative for Europe?
Faced with the shortage of Russian gas since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, several European countries have taken the option of reducing their dependence on Russia for gas because they consider Algeria to be a credible alternative. In a global context marked by an energy crisis linked to …
Read More »Morocco: MPs propose menstrual leave for women
A Moroccan parliamentary group has proposed a bill that would see women granted paid menstrual leave days. If made law, the country would be the second in Africa, after Zambia, to grant women menstrual leave. In what would be a first for the Middle East-North Africa region, the proposal by …
Read More »Senegalese former minister to be appointed UN envoy to Libya
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced his plan to appoint a former Senegalese minister to lead U.N. efforts to broker peace in Libya, Reuters agency reported on Thursday. The 15-member U.N. Security Council needs to agree by consensus to the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily as the U.N. special envoy for Libya. …
Read More »Egypt: oil tanker blocks passage through Suez Canal
An oil tanker blocked the Suez Canal on Wednesday evening, raising fears of an interruption in maritime traffic similar to that caused by a ship in early 2021. The tanker is a Singaporean-flagged vessel 250 meters long and 45 meters wide and was en route to the Saudi port of …
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