Despite an overall drop in exports up to April by 20%, Morocco’s exports of phosphates in particular maintained same level in the first quarter this year compared with the same period last year signaling the strategic importance of fertilizers to global food security. The state-owned OCP, one of the world’s biggest exporters of phosphates and […]
The International Monetary Fund has postponed the second tranche of a loan worth $350 million to Tunisia because of a lack of progress in reforms covering public sector wage bill, the public finances and state banks. The IMF urged the acceleration of reforms for Tunisia to be eligible to receive the second and third tranches […]
Two Egyptian police officers travelling in a patrol Monday lost their lives as a roadside bomb went off in Arish city, capital of the North Sinai province. A statement by interior ministry said three other security forces were wounded in the blast. The officers’ vehicle was hit by the blast of a bomb apparently planted […]
