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IFC provides Morocco’s Fez-Meknes Region $30 Mln for roads projects & Covid-19 response

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) supports Morocco’s Fez-Meknes region road projects and covid-19 response with a $30 million funding.   Ten million dollars will be used for the purchase of disinfection and sterilization equipment, which will be used to sanitize public places. The remaining $20 mln will support the region’s plan to expand and upgrade […]

Tunisia: President Calls for National Unity to Withstand Post-Revolution Challenges

Tunisian President Caid Essebi Sunday called for national unity to take up the myriad of challenges, including terrorism, which have gripped the country five years after the 2011 revolution. “Without unity, no action can succeed,” President Essebi said in an address to the nation marking the 60th anniversary of the country’s independence. For the President, […]

South Sudan’s collapsing peace sparks fears of regional turmoil, UN warns

Renewed violence in South Sudan is threatening to plunge the country — and its neighbors — into deeper instability, UN officials warned this week. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, told the UN Security Council that South Sudan’s fragile peace process is unraveling, with escalating clashes between government forces and rival militias eroding the 2018 […]