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Tunisia: New shortage of subsidized bread

Tunisians are regularly confronted with shortages of basic commodities, and this time they’re faced with a new shortage of subsidized bread, an indispensable staple in the daily lives of this North African people. Endless queues and empty bakery stalls – this situation has persisted for weeks, to the great displeasure of a large fringe of […]

Moroccan Nizar Baraka, Finance Minister of the Year 2013

After he had been elected best Finance Minister for the MENA region for 2012 and Minister of Finance of the year 2012 by the «The Banker», a magazine of the Financial Times press group, Morocco’s former Minister of Economy and Finance, Nizar Baraka, earned another consecration in 2013, this time from the World Bank and […]

Kenya’s finance minister, top officials arrested for corruption

Kenya’s finance minister was arrested on Monday on corruption charges in the East African nation. Mr Henry Rotich turned himself in to authorities on Monday and is currently in police custody, according to the country’s Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji. The charges against Rotich relate to a project to build two hydroelectric dams in […]