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Algeria: ISIS Claims Responsibility for Suicide Bomb Attack on Military Barracks

The Islamic state group, ISIS, on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack on a military camp, on Sunday, near the border with Mali in which one soldier was killed. Sunday an ISIS combatant, identified by the militant group as Omar al Ansari, tried to enter with a car laden with explosives a military […]

Bank of Algeria has a new Governor

Benabderrahmane Aymane was appointed Governor of the Bank of Algeria, in replacement of Ammar Haiwani who was acting Central Bank Governor since April 2019. The announcement was made by the presidency in a statement. The Bank of Algeria recently made the headlines after issuing a note, ordering banks to require their customers to provide proof […]

Tunisia puts final nail in central bank independence

Tunisian lawmakers are preparing a law that would remove the exclusivity of the central bank in setting the benchmark interest rate, thus ending the bank’s monetary policy independence. The bill suggests that the central bank should set the interest rate after the approval of the government. President Kais Saied has often taken aim at the […]