One day ahead of Algeria’s presidential election, few people are expected to cast their ballot in an election in which Tebboune, the civilian façade of the military regime, is seeking re-election. On the back of worsening economic conditions marked by double digit inflation, import restrictions leading to shortages of basic goods and endemic unemployment, turnout […]
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), a humanitarian fund set up by the United Nations, has granted Malawi $5.5 million expected to be used to back hundreds of thousands of people affected by Freddy, a tropical cyclone that has hit the country in the past days. The South of the African country has been battered […]
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlighted Morocco’s headway in the automotive sector and its growing exports that contrast with Algeria’s car industry debacle. Using 2019 figures, UNCTAD showed in a detailed report how Morocco produced 403,218 vehicles compared to 60,012 in Algeria, which in 2020 had to halt production altogether. “In […]
