Mauritanian journalist Ahmedou Ould Wedia

BCP Group & Huawei Join Forces in Africa

Morocco’s BCP banking Group has partnered with Chinese telecom giant Huawei to provide various e-banking and mobile banking services to their clients in the African continent. A cooperation agreement was inked on Thursday in Casablanca by Kamal Mokdad, BCP Director for international operations, and Cao Jibin, Huawei manager for North Africa. BCP pledges to provide […]

Tunisian Central Bank, latest episode in Kais Saied power-grab

President Kais Saied urged lawmakers to end the independence of the monetary policy in the country by adopting a law that would allow the treasury to borrow directly from the central bank. The move is the latest in a series of moves to concentrate all powers in his firm grip, after he sapped the democratic […]

Libya: IS Car Bombings Kill Scores of Pro-GNA Fighters

Misrata forces aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Thursday suffered twin car bombings perpetrated by the Islamic State group’s fighters in Sirte. The bombings took place as the Government’s operation to clear Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown from the IS militants draws towards the end. Thursday casualties, 12 in total, according to medical accounts […]