The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a €4.3 million loan to Moroccan packaging company Multisac SA, which specializes in the production of woven polypropylene bags. It is the first local company benefitting from EBRD’s and EU’s Trade and Competitiveness Program, which aims to improve value chains and make businesses more competitive […]
Egypt’s Premier Mostafa Madbouly prolonged Monday until March 30, 2024, the ban on onion exports in place since October as part of efforts to control soaring prices of the commodity. Madbouly announced the decision during a meeting with relevant ministers as they tried to monitor the sufficient availability and affordability of various commodities in markets […]
A senior US counterterrorism official has raised alarms about the increasing threat posed by global jihadist groups, warning that they are, for example, expanding their activities from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso into Benin and Togo, which had once had little exposure to jihadi threats. Speaking at a recent Washington conference, Sebastian Gorka noted that […]
