Morocco mosque collapse leaves 3 injured Three people were injured on Friday when the roof of a Moroccan mosque collapsed during prayers to end the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, media reports said. The incident in Morocco's commercial capital, Casablanca, is the latest in a spate of collapses at aging mosques, including one in February in which 41 worshipers were killed. Germany: Business delegation to visit Algeria An economic delegation of Bavarian heads of enterprises, led by Katja Hessel, Vice-Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transports and Technology of Bavaria (south Germany), will be on a visit to Algeria on 15 and 16 September, according to Algeria Press Service's report. This visit, which aims at strengthening economic and commercial relations between the two countries, will also help intensify cooperation and dialogue on friendship bases in the interests of the two countries,” said the Algerian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Global Competitiveness Report Ranks Tunisia First in North Africa World Economic Forum ranks Tunisia as the most competitive country in North Africa region. The latest Global Competitiveness Report, released today by World Economic Forum (WEF), endorsed the successful achievements reach by Tunisia. While strengthening its leading position in Africa and the Maghreb, Tunisia ranks 32nd in the world in terms of competitiveness out of 139 countries involved in this report, achieving the best performance, compared with the top forty countries and coming ahead of several countries members of the European Union (Spain 42nd, Portugal 46th, Italy 48th, Poland, Czech Republic, Malta, Cyprus…), of Asia and Latin America. Unicredit reviewing if Libyan shares independent Unicredit CEO Alessandro Profumo said Monday that a Libyan sovereign fund acted on its own to take a stake in the bank and that the move was not solicited. “These gentlemen made the decision in full autonomy to increase their stake,” Profumo said in an interview with foreign journalists. “They bought the shares on the market.” Top LRA commander moves to southern Sudan Testimony from former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters who were recently captured near Yambio in Sudan's Western Equatoria state indicates that a notorious LRA commander, Dominic Ongwen, recently crossed into Sudan from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ongwen, who was indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes in 2005, is part of the LRA's top leadership, second or third in command after leader Joseph Kony. BM
