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Basketball: NBA co-launches new African league to involve 12 nations

The US National Basketball Association (NBA), in association with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), will launch as of January a new African Basketball League that will involve 12 African nations for a yearly tournament, Reuters reports. The first tournament in January 2020 will gather 12 national teams. Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tunisia will […]

Egypt plans more than $100m “major” wheat investment plans

Discussions between President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafy during the weekend centered to plans that will ease the international wheat dependency burden of Egypt. Reports stated that the projects that were earmarked during their closed door meeting are three “major” internal investment plans. The plans are complimentary […]

Tunisia : Government seeks IMF loan as strikes increase

Tunisian authorities are under pressure to reduce the hardship on the population as public protests continue to increase. The government said it is trying to convince the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for half a billion dollar loan in order to take the necessary actions. The looming elections could slow IMF’s decision. Finance Minister Ilyas Fakhfakh […]