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Tunisia: Ruling Nidaa Tounes elects two rival leaders ahead of year’s end elections

The party of President Beji Caid is descending into deeper crisis as party members elected Saturday two rival leaders in parallel congresses ahead of October and November parliamentary and presidential elections.   The first electoral congresses of Nidaa Tounes, which started last week under the motto of “unity” ended up into two congresses that elected […]

Libya: Serraj orders military mobilization; Haftar forces’ advance westward

The Libyan Presidential Council (PC) led by designated Prime Minister Faiez Serraj has ordered the mobilization of all its aligned forces to block the advance of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) to the western region of the country in view of “numbing terrorists”. Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman and leader of the LNA, which […]

Morocco: Imported inflation leaves little room for fiscal or monetary intervention

Morocco, like most energy importing countries, is facing the fallout of an imported inflation that sent up the prices of basic commodities in the international market. In July, prices rose to 7.7% year on year, according to the national statistics agency. The increase has been felt mostly in food prices and transport cost which rose […]