South Sudan is nearing an agreement with a UAE company for an oil-backed loan worth $13 billion, the largest in Africa’s newest nation’s history. The news was reported by AP citing an unnamed UN source which said the deal is close to being signed. “Servicing this loan would likely tie up most of South Sudan’s […]
The Saudi Fund for Development, SFD, provided Monday December 18 Mauritania with a soft credit line of $40 million earmarked for the construction and equipment of two educational institutes that are specialized in key sectors of the economy. The deal was signed by SFD CEO Sultan Al-Marshad and Mauritania’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, […]
In Egypt, at least 40 rights workers, activists and lawyers have been rounded up by authorities since late October and are being held in “undisclosed location”, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. “Many of those arrested were people who provided humanitarian and legal support to families of political detainees,” the international rights group said in a […]
