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EBRD Lends Attijari Bank Tunisia $1.6 million to Support Pharmaceutical Firm

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) extends Attijari bank Tunisia a $1.6 million loan to enable pharmaceutical company Teriak enhance productivity and improve energy efficiency. The risk-sharing facility will help Teriak purchase new machinery & equipment and to undertake maintenance work at its Jebel Ouest facility. The funding will complement investment by the […]

Turkey: Authorities blame ISIL for Ankara twin attacks

Turkish security authorities said Sunday first indications of the investigations suggest that ISIL was behind the deadly twin bomb-blasts that disrupted a peaceful demonstration in the Turkish capital on Saturday. Initial signs suggested ISIL was behind the attack which bore a striking similarity to a July suicide bombing in Suruç near the Syrian border, also […]

Senegal: court bars opposition leaders from presidential vote

Two leading opposition figures have been barred from running in presidential elections next month, the Constitutional Council said on Monday. Karim Wade, the son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and Khalifa Sall, a former mayor of Dakar are barred from running the Feb. 24 poll as they were both jailed for graft and corruption […]