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Saudi Arabia conditions credit line to Tunisia on IMF’s demands

Saudi Arabia is willing to provide Tunisia a financial facility to support the 2022 state budget but provided that the North African country meets the demands of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a restructuring plan, Business News reports. Malek Zahi, Tunisian Minister of Social Affairs, who was in the Gulf country last week for […]

Migrants, Refugees in Libya Face ‘unimaginable horrors’ – UN Report

Migrants and refugees are being subjected to “unimaginable horrors” from the moment they enter Libya, throughout their stay in the country and – if they make it that far – during their attempts to cross the Mediterranean. The bleak picture of “this hidden human calamity” was depicted in a report released on Thursday, by the […]

France’s ex-leader Sarkozy on trial over Gaddafi’s illegal funding slams opponents for plotting ‘conspiracy’

Former French President Sarkozy remained defiant during his trial at a Paris court on Thursday (9 January), as he told the judges that the supposed illegal Libyan financing of his successful 2007 presidential bid was a “conspiracy,” stating “You will never find a single Libyan euro or cent in my campaign.” Sarkozy has gone on […]