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IMF offers Morocco $1.3 bln loan to face climate risks

The International Monetary Fund will lend Morocco $1.3 bln to help the country fend off climate change risks, Morocco’s news agency reported. “The IMF concluded a staff-level agreement with Morocco to provide $1.3 billion in financing over the long term,” the agency said, citing IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva. Georgieva made the announcement during her participation […]

Six hundred undocumented Egyptians to be deported from Libya

Libya has begun the deportation of 600 undocumented Egyptians who sneaked illegally into the oil-rich African country used as a launch-pad for crossing the Mediterranean for Europe. Mohamad Bardaa, deputy for security affairs at the Directorate of Combating Illegal Migration answering to the Tripoli-based government, told AFP that deportees had entered Libya illegally, Ahram Online […]

Tunisia-Libya: Border Blockade to End Soon, Governor Matmati

Governor Tahar Matmati of Medenine stated that the week-long border blockade that has affected trade between Libya and Tunisia “will be resolved very soon” as discussions between the two sides progress. The blockade imposed by Libyan authorities at the Ras Jedir crossing point is due to the “smuggling of subsidized goods” such as petrol according […]