By 2022, Morocco’s external debt stood at 423.6 billion dirhams ($41.2 bln) representing 31.8% of GDP, half of which was owed to multilateral development banks, according to finance ministry data. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an offshoot of the World Bank, holds the lion’s share in Morocco’s external debt with 93.1 billion dirhams, […]
Demonstrations were staged Friday in several Libyan cities in protest against the political deadlock and the deteriorating living conditions in the country. Protesters demanded that all existing political bodies be dissolved and presidential and parliamentary elections be held as soon as possible. According to local and foreign media, the demonstrators also protested against the deteriorating […]
Tunisian opposition figures and civil society activists are sounding the alarm over what they describe as Algeria’s creeping interference in Tunisia’s domestic affairs. Former President Moncef Marzouki has repeatedly warned that Algiers “never stopped intervening” and called recent pro-Saïed rallies involving Algerian demonstrators a “flagrant act of interference.” Lawyers and political commentators echo these concerns, […]
