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Cross-border charges jeopardize AfCFTA goals, say frustrated West African exporters

Rising costs of road freight across West Africa are threatening to derail the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), exporters and trade experts warn, as unofficial fees and bureaucratic bottlenecks mount along key trade corridors. A recent case study by the West African Association for Cross-Border Trade (WACTAF) reveals that transporting a truckload of goods […]

EU to grant Tunisia €100m to weather pandemic-related impacts

The European Union, EU, is set to grant Tunisia €100 million earmarked to help the North African country surf the impacts of the pandemic and to support the economy, the ministry of Economy and planning has announced. The financing agreement will be signed this Monday, November 14, 2022, at the headquarters of the Ministry of […]

Morocco denounces “cynical interventionism” in Libyan domestic affairs

Morocco has denounced, Thursday in Brazzaville, the “cynical interventionism” of certain parties in Libyan domestic affairs, to the detriment of the higher interest of the Libyan people, underscoring that the solution to the conflict cannot be reached militarily, but through a political, inclusive, and structured dialogue.   The situation in the North African country is […]