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World Bank revises downwards growth rate forecasts for Tunisia, Egypt in 2024/2025

The World Bank has revised Tunisia’s 2024 economic growth forecast downward to 1.2%, compared to the 2.4% projected in April 2024. In its October 16, 2024 report, “Growth in the Middle East and North Africa,” the Bank expects Tunisia’s growth to stabilize at 2.2% in 2025. The report cites weak growth across the MENA region, […]

Mauritania’s President Challenges Washington to Produce Alleged Secret Agreement with al Qaeda

Mauritanian President has called on Washington to produce evidence of the alleged secret deal between Nouakchott and the al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on a truce during which the terrorist group would cease abductions and militancy in Mauritania for a renewable one-year period, and in return, Mauritania would release all al Qaeda prisoners. The […]

Gaza War: Morocco supports ICJ’s call on Israel to urgently ensure protection of Palestinians, deliver humanitarian aid to victims

Morocco backs the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) calling on Israel to take immediate provisional measures to ensure the protection of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and guarantee sufficient and unhindered flow of humanitarian aid to the victims, a source at the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said. The ICJ’s ruling is in line […]