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Moroccans debating legalization of cannabis for medicinal useF

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...

Tunis Air CEO dismissed after month into jobF

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...

Algeria: How corruption and bad governance destroy an entire industryF

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...

Sahel: Flying to Timbuktu, anyone?F

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...

Morocco hard hit by droughtF

By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but...

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