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Algeria: economy situation and the IMF mission

Discussions were held in Algeria by the international monetary fund mission. These discussions gathered the minister of Finance, the minister of agriculture and rural development, the minister of labor, employment and social security and the Governor of the Bank of Algeria. All of them reflected on short and medium term economic policies and the influence […]

Rwanda: the EU provides €10.3 million for life-saving refugee support measures

The European Union is providing €10.3 million support package to the UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Rwanda, which provides a life-saving avenue out of Libya for people in need of international protection, with a view to their further resettlement. The announcement was made by Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica during a […]

Uganda-Kenya fall-out over secret fuel Gulf deal: Uganda to cut fuel imports from Kenya

Uganda’s government has passed a bill for the Uganda National Oil Business (UNOC), a state-owned oil business, to domestically buy and supply oil, thus ending its dependence on neighboring Kenya for its oil needs, thus taking its fate into its own hands. The bill is meant to terminate the present method of importing oil through […]