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Libya: Washington Sanctions Alleged IS Financial Sponsors

The US Treasury Department Thursday placed sanctions against six high profile terrorists among whom Salmi Salama Salim Sulayman ‘Ammar, known as IS money facilitator and presentative of the Sinai-based IS’s offshoot terrorist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) in Libya. The sanctions are part of US strategies meant to “disrupt the fundraising and support networks of […]

Tunisia puts final nail in central bank independence

Tunisian lawmakers are preparing a law that would remove the exclusivity of the central bank in setting the benchmark interest rate, thus ending the bank’s monetary policy independence. The bill suggests that the central bank should set the interest rate after the approval of the government. President Kais Saied has often taken aim at the […]

EU reaffirms support for “mutually acceptable” solution to Sahara issue, welcomes Morocco’s serious & credible efforts to that end

The EU reaffirmed its position in support of a fair, lasting, political and mutually acceptable solution to the Sahara issue and welcomed Morocco’s “credible” efforts to that end. The European Union (EU) remains committed to its position on the Moroccan Sahara dispute, recalls loud and clear that it takes “positive note of the serious and […]