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Africa watching closely French bid to ban $1bn exports of second-hand clothes

African countries are watching closely France’s attempt to impose an EU-wide ban on the export of second-hand clothes, popularly known as mitumba, millions of tonnes of which are exported to the continent each year. France’s lower house of parliament has recently approved a new bill that would gradually impose fines of up to €10-per-item of […]

Palestine: Gaza’s strangled economy has days numbered, WB report

A 40-page analysis report drafted by Steen Lau Jorgensen, World Bank’s director for Gaza and the West Bank, has highlighted that Gaza’s economy is “on the verge of collapse” due to restrictions, poor governance and internal struggles. The report described Gaza’s economy as the worst in the world with almost half of the 1.8million people […]

Tunisia: Concerns renewed over school safety after another wall collapse in Sidi Bouzid

A new incident at El Msabihia Primary School in the Souk Jedid delegation has raised alarm over the safety of school infrastructure in Tunisia’s Sidi Bouzid governorate. On Tuesday, April 22, two pupils were injured when a section of a wall at a water point suddenly gave way while they were drinking. One girl reportedly […]