Attijari Bank Mauritania partners with Proparco to guarantee loans to SMEs

In Mauritania, Proparco, a Development Financial Institution partly owned by the French Development Agency, has signed an agreement with Attijari Bank Mauritania, the local subsidiary of the Moroccan financial group Attijariwafa Bank, to guarantee up to €5.5 million ($6.1 million) loans to approximately 140 Mauritanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to the MoU signed […]

Libya: GNA holds 35 Egyptian fishermen in detention since November

The UN-backed Government National Accord (GNA) has arrested 35 Egyptian fishermen who are reportedly in custody since November last year. The detainees, most of whom hail from the Egyptian city of Kafr El-Sheikh, were arrested while working on Libyan boats affiliated to the east-based government, Arab News reports citing Ahmed Nassar, the head of the […]

Tunisia nabs high profile Italian mafia member

Tunisian security forces have arrested a wanted senior member of the Italian mafia who has sneaked into the North African country since 2011, Webdo Tunis reports. The Italian note identified, was nabbed in a house in one of the outskirts of the Tunisian capital, during an operation. Some special Italian forces also reportedly contributed to […]