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Morocco: Fuel price reductions outpace cost decreases, Competition Council reports

Morocco’s Competition Council quarterly analysis of nine fuel distribution companies reveals price, margin, and tax revenue declines during the second quarter of 2025, highlighting persistent gaps between international cost reductions and domestic pricing adjustments. The comprehensive monitoring system, established through transactional agreements between the Competition Council and distribution companies, provides essential economic transparency in a […]

UAE assures US not to arm Sudan’s paramilitary RSF as civil war continues unabated

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly assured the United States that it will not supply arms to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the north-east African country continues to be ravaged by a bloody civil war. The UAE has reportedly told the US it has cut off weapons supply to the paramilitary forces […]

Tunisia: Opposition figure Jaouhar Ben Mbarek begins hunger strike over trial conditions

Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, a prominent opposition figure in Tunisia, has started a hunger strike to protest his exclusion from his own trial proceedings. Arrested in February 2023 over alleged state conspiracy charges, Ben Mbarek is one of dozens of political figures, journalists, and activists who have been detained in a crackdown on dissent under President […]