The fall in oil prices has taken a toll on Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves, which are expected to decline to $116 billion, Algria’s Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said. At a context of a long-term slump in oil prices, the Algerian government is planning further cuts to curb spending over the next few years after the […]
The state of emergency in Tunisia will be extended from September 3 to December 31, 2019, in line with a Presidential Decree issued by the Official Gazette Friday, reports the official news agency TAP. According to the presidential decree, the state of emergency was extended after consultation with the Prime Minister and the Speaker […]
After it moved Sudan’s deposed president Omar al-Bashir to Kobar prison in the capital Khartoum late on Tuesday, the transitional military council announced Wednesday the arrest of two of his brothers as part of a purge of the former regime. Abdullah and Alabas al-Bashir have been taken into custody on corruption charges, the council’s spokesman […]
