DHL Adds Morocco to Its Priority Markets for Global Trade
DHL has placed Morocco in its Geographic Tailwinds priority-market group as nearshoring and investment reshape trade routes. The move recognizes the country's logistics role but does not announce new facilities or spending.
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Algeria's Lower House Votes to Expand Death Penalty to Arson and Child Abduction
On 1 October, Algeria's lower house approved changes that would make deliberate forest and field arson, and child abduction in specified circumstances, punishable by death. The bill still has further legal steps to clear, and the vote does not end the execution moratorium in place since 1993.
Five Countries Advance SoutH2 Hydrogen Corridor Plans
Ministers from Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Austria and Germany signed the Algiers declaration on October 1, 2026. The corridor remains at the planning and feasibility stage, with no commercial deliveries underway.
Tunisia's Ennahda condemns media curbs on political prisoners
Ennahda says prison authorities have restricted political prisoners' access to independent media as Ahmed Nejib Chebbi begins an open-ended hunger strike. The protest renews calls for prisoners' release and an end to political trials, amid wider debate over press freedom and the 2022 cybercrime decree.
