A fire that broke out on Sunday in the middle of a mass in a church in a working-class district of Cairo has killed 41 people, leaving the Middle East’s largest Christian community of 10-15 million Egyptians in grief. “The air conditioner in a classroom on the second floor of the church building broke down […]
UK-based finance institution British International Investment (BII) and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) have signed a $75 million re-guarantee agreement for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Africa, Zawya reports. The fund, according to BII, will provide credit guarantees to partner financial institutions for up to 75% of the risk on SME loans, thus increasing […]
The UN has just been alerted to a worrying spread of coronavirus pandemic in the polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, Southern Algeria, wherein UN staff has been reportedly infected with the virus. According to reliable sources cited by some media outlets, a representative of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Tindouf has informed […]
