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Morocco, a country where large volumes of cannabis are grown illicitly, is considering legalising production for therapeutic use of the drug, the government said Thursday. The government has "begun to study a legislative bill relating to the legal use of cannabis," it...

Tunisia's transport minister on Monday fired the CEO of Tunisair, just over a month after naming her to revive the ailing  national carrier's fortunes. Olfa Hamdi, an engineer educated in France and the US with experience in managing major enterprises, was dismissed...

By Abdellah Cheballah -  Shuttered assembly plants, jailed bosses, laid-off workers. Algeria's once ambitious plans to create a flagship auto industry have turned into a fiasco. The country's recent years of political turmoil have also seen its foreign joint venture...

A commercial flight landed in Timbuktu on Monday for the first time since jihadists captured the fabled Malian city in 2012, launching a new link for local airline Sky Mali. Carrying a delegation including two ministers, the plane landed after making the 700-kilometre...