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EU loans Tunisia €200m for SMEs financing

Tunisia has ratified a loan agreement with the European Union for €200 million to be tapped by the country’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The deal for the credit line which includes €50 million in form of grant, was signed back in June last year and covers the 2021-2023 period. The financing aims to boost […]

Algeria struggles to keep up economically with Morocco in Sahel

Algeria is trying to catch up economically with Morocco in the Sahel. But observers see that Algerian diplomatic blunders are discouraging Sahel countries from engaging with Algiers. A new chapter of Algeria’s economic warfare was opened when Morocco had offered its ports and infrastructure to give landlocked Sahel countries access to the Atlantic and global […]

Arm imports: Morocco gains six slots to rank 24th

Morocco has ranked among the 25 largest arms importers in the world, according to the latest report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published Monday. The kingdom comes in the 24th place in the ranking for the period 2014-2018, climbing six spots compared to the previous period (2013-2017), where it came in the […]