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Algeria- 2016 budget: Finance Minister calls for vigilance

A day after Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal stated that the economy was going through a difficult juncture and stressed the need to adopt a long term growth vision, Finance Minister Abderrahmane Benkhalfa told the parliament that taxes and import duties could be increased and energy subsidies could be removed and that vigilance is required in […]

Lebanon calls for EU cooperation on Syrian refugees’ return

Lebanon has called on the European Union to cooperate on a roadmap for the gradual return of Syrian refugees to their country. “Lebanon is going through an unprecedented economic and social crisis in its modern history, under which 80% of the Lebanese are living under poverty line,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The […]

ECOWAS completes evaluation mission of transition in Mali on a note of satisfaction

The Economic Community of West African States’ assessment mission on the transition in Mali ended on Tuesday, January 12. The ECOWAS team met with the main actors of the transition, the political class and other actors of the electoral process. During a press conference, the institution’s delegation welcomed the installation of all the organs of […]