Chad’s transitional leader appoints members of election body

General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, the Transitional leader of Chad, named Tuesday January 30 members of the election body, l’Agence Nationale de Gestion des Elections, ahead of 2024 presidential elections. A decree signed by the leader appointed 10 people to make up the body. Chadians will head to the polls late this year 2024, following […]

EU needs to speed up its Southern Neighborhood Strategy starting from Sahara, Italian Former Minister says

The Italian former Defense Minister, Mario Mauro has called on the European Union to be pragmatic in its Southern Neighborhood policy, starting from the Sahara, and to place security and counterterrorism at the center of its strategy in the region, insisting that if the EU is serious about becoming a player instead of being a […]

Morocco’s Central Bank raises key interest rate to 3% to mitigate inflation

Morocco’s Central bank decided on Tuesday to lift its rates by 50 basis points to 3 percent to counter inflationary pressures exerted both at the domestic and international levels. During its first meeting of 2023 held in Rabat, the Board of Bank Al Maghrib discussed the evolution of the national economic situation and the Bank’s […]