Tunisia misses out on Africa’s top 20 banks list

The 2025 ranking of African banks by Tier 1 capital confirms a well-established continental hierarchy, with South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, and Nigeria dominating the top positions. Tunisia was absent. According to the latest data, the threshold for inclusion in the Top 20 now stands at approximately $2 billion in Tier 1 capital. Tunisia’s largest […]

UK court rules migrant deportation flights to Rwanda are legal

London’s High Court ruled Monday (19 December) that the government’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal, whereby the decision comes as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stakes his future on stopping a record number of migrant arrivals in small boats. Under a deal struck by the British government with Kigali in […]

Over half ton of cannabis seized near Laayoune, 8 people, including 3 from Tindouf nabbed

The police of Laayoune, Moroccan Saharan city, have seized lately 529 kg of cannabis and arrested eight people, including a Mauritanian and three men from the polisario-controlled camps in Tindouf, Southern Algeria. The security agents have unearthed the drug stash which was buried in a desert zone located about 40 km east of Laayoune, says […]