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Tunisia turns to domestic banks to fund national budget over lack of foreign lending

The Tunisian government has been mounting pressure on local financial institutions to fund the 2022 national budget as the country struggles to land foreign loans to close the project’s $2.8 billion budget deficit. The move is revealed by Ahmed El Karm, member of the executive board of Tunisia-based independent think-tank Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprises […]

Benin debunks construction of military base to host French forces leaving Niger

Benin denied Wednesday September 27 a report by a Nigerien media that a military base in the north of the West African country is under construction to house French troops leaving Niger. In a statement, Wilfried Léandre Houngbédji, the spokesperson for the President Patrice Talon’s administration rubbished the information that a military base is being […]

Upcoming visit of Secretary David Schenker to Rabat shows momentum of US-Moroccan relations

Ahead of the opening of the American consulate in the Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker will visit Morocco in the few coming days within the frame of a tour that includes stops in Jordan and Algeria. The visit, which shows the momentum of Moroccan-American […]