Estonia joins growing list of supporters of Morocco’s autonomy plan for Sahara

Estonia became the latest European county to back Morocco’s autonomy plan as a “serious and credible basis” for a lasting solution to the Sahara conflict. “Estonia considers the autonomy plan, presented in April 2007 by Morocco to the Secretary General of the UN, as a good, serious, and credible basis for a lasting solution to […]

IFC to invest $100m in Nairobi-listed Diamond Trust Bank to back SMEs hit by pandemic

International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest 12.18 billion shillings ($100 million) in Nairobi-listed Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) impacted by Covid-19, Zawya reports, citing Kenyan Wall Street newspaper. The investment will be in senior debt under its Covid-19 emergency response working capital solutions scheme (WCS FIGE). IFC initiated the […]

Egypt: Interior Ministry Claims Killing Senior IS Member in Restive Sinai

The Egyptian interior ministry Tuesday announced in a statement the killing of a prominent member of the Islamic State group (IS) in the Sinai after security forces clashed with militants in a raid in the city of Arish, north Sinai. Ahmed Hassan Ahmed Al-Nashu, also known as Ghandur Al-Masri, was killed in a building under […]