Shortages are worsening in Tunisia which suffers from a financial problem now apparent in the inability of importers to pay for their orders. The list of shortages has expanded to cover petrol, diesel, sugar, bottled-water, flour, coffee as well as fruits and vegetables to mention but necessities. The lack of sugar in the country has […]
Mauritanian MPs decried the continuing banditry practiced by the Polisario by blocking the flow of commercial trafficking on the Guerguarat border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania. Le360 news websites cited statements by Mauritanian MPs describing the disruption of commercial traffic as an attempt to undermine the Mauritanian economy. Mauritania depends on much of its agricultural […]
In an effort to formally tender his bid for next month’s presidential election, Egypt’s former military chief, Abdel Fattah El Sissi, on Monday submitted eight times the number of signatures required of any aspirant running in the May 26-27 vote. Mr El Sissi, a 59–year-old career soldier who successfully ousted President Mohammed Morsi last July, […]
