Egypt
Mother of jailed Egyptian activist ends hunger strike
Laila Soueif, the mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, has ended her 10-month hunger strike, her family told
Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has appointed Moctar Ould Diay as the country’s new Prime Minister, following his inauguration for a second term after winning the June presidential election.
Ould Diay, is a Morocco trained engineer who graduated from the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (INSEA) in Rabat.
The appointment was announced in a presidential decree on Friday evening, just a day after President Ghazouani’s swearing-in ceremony.
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