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Gambia: US announces financial sanctions against Former First Lady Zineb Souma Yahya Jammeh

The US Treasury announced that financial sanctions have been applied to the former First Lady of The Gambia, Zineb Souma Yahya Jammeh, who has been living in exile in Equatorial Guinea since February 2017. The wife of the former Gambian dictator is suspected of controlling many assets in the United States. The US Treasury Department […]

Syria: Bashar al-Assad gives Baghdad green light to strike ISIS

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has given authorization to the Iraqi Prime Minister to conduct airstrikes against Islamic State group (ISIS) fighters inside Syria as Baghdad seeks coordination between both countries in the fight against terrorism, reports say. The green-light comes after Adel Abdul-Mahdi on Saturday sent a letter of Bashar calling for “coordination” on the […]

Morocco’s economic, financial stability attracts investors- minister

Thanks to its sound economic and financial fundamentals, Morocco has fostered its attractiveness to foreign investors, while receiving preferential terms from international financial organizations. Within a month, Morocco’s reforms earned it an exit from the grey list of the Global financial crime watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force. Few days later, Morocco scored another financial […]