African countries to dominate ranking of world’s rapidly growing economies- UN agency

African countries are expected to post the highest growth rates this year globally, said the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a UN agency. Niger, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, and Rwanda are expected to be world’s top growth performers, according to an ECA report. Niger and Senegal, in particular, are expected start reaping the benefits of […]

Tunisia secures €300m from EU to weather pandemic impacts

The European Union released Wednesday €300 million accounting for the second tranche of the bloc’s support for the North African country in surfing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tunisia received the first tranche of the same amount, in June last year. The bloc last year rubber stamped a Macro-financial Assistance (MFA) program worth €600 […]

Algerian military aircraft crashes adding to long list of deadly incidents

An Algerian military transport aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Boufarik air base on Thursday, killing two officers and injuring four crew members, one of them critically, the Defence Ministry said. The BE 1900 aircraft went down moments after taking off from the runway while on a mission carrying a six member crew. Algeria records […]