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Africa’s debt crisis: interest payments on debt soar amid govt’s growing financial strain

As many African countries are struggling to service their debts, a new World Bank report warns that interest payments on long-term debt in sub-Saharan Africa surged nearly seven-fold to $26 billion between 2010 and 2023. The sharp increase came as the region’s foreign borrowing doubled to $864 billion within the same period. Africa’s worsening debt […]

Ways to foster expatriates’ investment in Morocco explored at London meeting

A meeting held in London on Friday explored ways for Moroccan expatriates to make the most of the measures put in place by Morocco to increase their investments in their country of origin. Held under the theme “MDM Investments: New Challenges, New Financing, Institutional Responses,” the event is part of a series of conferences initiated […]

Algeria: Medical student slaughtered on campus for being “gay”

An Algerian student at the Ziania medical school was killed last week in the campus residence because he was allegedly “gay”. The assailants smeared the wall with his blood, writing: “He is gay”, reports say. Assil Belalta was found dead Sunday in his residence, in Ben Aknoun, a district outside the Algerian capital, Algiers. The […]