King Mohammed VI

EBRD forecasts moderate growth rise for Tunisia and Egypt in 2025

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has adjusted Egypt’s economic growth projection upward, anticipating a 4% increase in FY2024/2025, indicating a positive recovery trajectory. Growth for FY2023/2024 was revised to 2.7%, with GDP expansion expected to reach 3.2% in 2024 and 4.5% in 2025. Inflationary pressures have moderated, with inflation declining to 25.7% […]

Hamas Leaders Seek New Sanctuary in Algeria after Expulsion from Doha

The Gaza-based Islamist movement, Hamas, has reportedly asked Algerian authorities to take in leaders who were expelled from Qatar on the backdrop of a stiffening row between Doha and its anti-Muslim brotherhood neighbors. Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported the news saying that Qatar, which has been a longtime base for Hamas leaders, has forced them to […]

Drug trafficking in Sahel ‘enabled’ by weak rule of law, money laundering, corruption — UNODC report

Cocaine, cannabis resin and pharmaceutical opioids are the internationally trafficked drugs most seized in the Sahel, a region used by criminal networks and armed groups as a “natural stopover point” on trafficking routes from South America to Europe, according to a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Drug trafficking in […]