Politics and society

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba has suspended learning countrywide for 10 days, in a show of solidarity with Libyans affected by the 11 September floods. Libya’s internationally-recognised Government of National Unity, which is based in the capital, Tripoli, made the announcement late on Wednesday. Libya’s two rival governments, the …

Belgian justice opened an investigation this Wednesday for “arson”, after fires broke out during the night in four schools targeted by opponents of a sex education course. The events occurred in Charleroi (south of the country). “In the four schools, at the nursery and primary level, registrations were discovered hostile …

China assured this Wednesday that it had not implemented a ban on iPhone brand phones in its ministries. In Chinese ministries, employees can not only use Apple iPhones, but also “other foreign brand phones.” “China has no laws, regulations or directives that prohibit the purchase or use of foreign brand …

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have annonced the lifting of a year-long visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers. The restriction placed last October was lifted following negotiations between Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, on Monday. President Tinubu’s spokesperson …

There’s been criticism in Morocco of the speed of the official response to Friday’s earthquake, which is now known to have killed more than 2,800 people. Heavy lifting equipment has begun to arrive in remote regions of the Atlas mountains, which have been the hardest-hit. But in many areas villagers …

The French Interior Minister declared on France 2 that Morocco, faced with a deadly earthquake, is capable of facing the difficulties alone. Guest of France 2 this Monday morning, the interior Minister reaffirmed the position of the executive on the earthquake which struck this Maghreb country in the night from …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to be vigilant in the wake of terrorism threats, asking that all visitors be checked before entering places of worship and recreational facilities. In a televised address to the nation on Thursday evening, President Museveni asked Ugandans not to allow any “strange” people …

Mexico confirmed this Wednesday its desire to decriminalize abortion nationally, two years after a first decision by the Supreme Court, going against the grain of its neighbor, the United States. On September 7, 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court had already ruled that the criminalization of abortion was unconstitutional. In doing …

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said that the country needs to slow its birth rate to avoid a catastrophe, local media reported. He said that Egypt has to lower its annual births to 400,000 from the current more than two million for the country to efficiently provide jobs and …

Large sums of money have already been pledged to Africa at the ongoing climate summit in Kenya, with the UK among the first to make a commitment. It is to invest £49m ($61m) in new projects to help Africans manage the impact of climate change and mobilise finance for climate …