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Tunisian National Navy and US navy to conduct joint exercises

Tunisian defense ministry announced Tuesday the conduction of military exercise on the sea in conjunction with the US navy in view of training Tunisian forces in combat and rescue techniques. The drill will take place in the North African country and will take one month, the ministry announced. The drill will focus on rescue operations […]

Morocco warns of Iranian destabilization acts in North Africa

Iran is infiltrating North Africa and Sahel through using malign actors such as the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist to sow instability in the region, Morocco’s representative to the UN Omar Hilal said. The comment came in response to a question on Morocco’s reaction to news claiming that Polisario has acquired Iranian drones. “After destabilizing Yemen, Iran […]

IMF revises Sub-Saharan countries’ 2019-2020 growth forecasts

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a report released on Wednesday announced that the economy of Sub-Saharan countries should rise this year. In its World Economic Outlook Update, titled ‘A Weakening Global Expansion’, the Washington-based Fund indicated that economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa should pick up in 2019, forecasting a 3.5 per cent growth for […]