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Tunisia: World Bank ties release of loan to appointment of a PM with economics background

The World Bank has tied allocation of a loan to Tunisia to a number of conditions including the appointment of an economist as Premier, the Washington-based bank’s Vice President for Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj, who was on a visit to Tunis this week, has revealed. Tunisia has been without a Prime Minister […]

Cyclone Chido leaves heavy casualties & severe damage in Mayotte, hits Comoros & Mozambique

Cyclone Chido which hit Mayotte, leaving a heavy death toll that could reach several hundred and might even approach a thousand or more, has reached the Comoros and Mozambique. Mayotte’s authorities consider Chido the most devastating cyclone to strike the French territory in nearly a century. The storm flattened entire neighborhoods, destroyed infrastructure, and left […]

Algeria is Party to Sahara Conflict- Polisario Founder

Bachir Dkhil, one of the founders of the Polisario who defected to Morocco in 1990, welcomed the UN Security latest statements on Algeria’s involvement in the Sahara issue. “Algeria is a party to the conflict. Not only does it arm, back and fund the Polisario, but it has also prevented any attempt at reaching a […]