European Investment Bank

IFC to support Morocco’s major development, investment reforms

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) intends to support the Moroccan government in its multiple reforms to ensure post-Covid economic recovery and plans to invest $300 million for fiscal year 2021. In this vein, the IFC and the Ministry of Economy and Finance signed Wednesday Wednesday a memorandum of understanding to strengthen their partnership and stimulate […]

Belarusian president visits fellow Russia ally Zimbabwe

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Harare to pomp and fanfare on Monday (30 January) for a two-day visit and talks with his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa, aimed at cementing economic and political ties between the two countries that are both close allies of Russia. Mnangagwa and hundreds of singing and cheering ruling party supporters […]

U.S. ‘deeply concerned’ over multiple arrests in Tunisia

The United States is “deeply concerned” about the arrests of politicians, business leaders and journalists reported in recent days in Tunisia, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Wednesday. “We are deeply concerned by the reported arrests of multiple political figures, business leaders, and journalists in Tunisia in recent days,” Ned Price said in opening […]