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Tunisia’s economic indicators in the red amid bleak financial prospects

All economic indicators in Tunisia are flashing red as the country grapples with widening trade deficits, mounting debt vulnerabilities, and slowing growth in key sectors. Meanwhile, the country’s autocratic leader drags feet on urgent reforms as the economy risks sliding into prolonged stagnation. Tunisia’s trade deficit reached 8.4 billion dinars by the end of May […]

Morocco Holds the Line on Inflation as May Data Points to Easing Pressure

Morocco’s consumer price index fell 0.9 percent in May 2026 compared with April, driven by a 2.1 percent decline in food prices and a stable non-food index, according to the latest note published by the High Commission for Planning (HCP). The core inflation indicator, which excludes volatile and regulated products, stood 0.1 percent below its […]

Mauritania-Senegal: Production of the “Grande Tortue Ahmeyim” gas field planned for early 2025

Mauritanian Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Mohamed Ould Khaled, has announced that the extraction operations from the joint gas field with Senegal, designated as the Grande Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA), are projected to start in early 2025. During his address at the inaugural Mauritanian-Senegalese Economic Forum in Dakar, which commenced earlier this week under the theme […]