Political parties in Tunisia tend to agree on the dates set aside by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) for the legislative and presidential elections. Tunisia has been able to maneuver its way through the transition despite a couple of challenges from the Salafists and the tensions which resulted in the assassination of high […]
The African Development Bank Shareholders have approved a landmark $115 billion capital increase, doubling the bank’s capital base from $93 billion to $208 billion, and strengthening thus the Bank’s leadership on development financing for the continent. This largest capital increase in the Bank’s history was approved at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting last week in in […]
Morocco has strongly condemned the deployment of Polisario militiamen in the demilitarized border crossing with Mauritania, known as Guerguarat. Morocco’s Ambassador to the UN, Omar Hilale, told the Moroccan news agency (MAP) that the Polisario’s provocations in the Guerguarat crossing represent a blatant violation of the UN brokered ceasefire agreement and a disregard for the […]
