Kaïs Saïed meets with newly appointed acting Ministers of Economy and Finance Sihem Boughdiri Nemsia & Communication Technologies Nizar Ben Neji

Tunisia prolongs state of emergency for an additional month

President Kais Saied Wednesday extended for one month the state of emergency in place since November 2015 after a suicide attack killed a dozen of forces from the presidential guard. The office of the President said the measure is starting as of April 30. The state of emergency, in place since late November 2015, has […]

Morocco closes neighborhoods in Casablanca to fight coronavirus

Authorities closed a number of neighborhoods in Hay Mohammedi district in Casablanca to better fight the coronavirus outbreak as active cases in the economic capital exceeded 2000. Casablanca and seven other cities have been locked with entries and exists allowed on special permits only. The exodus from big cities to smaller towns during the Eid […]

Exclusion of Russia from SWIFT System casts doubt over Algeria’s arms deal

The $7 billion arms deal the Algerian military regime sealed last year with the Kremlin has hit a serious snag after the European Union, the US, the UK and their allies have banned Russian Banks from SWIFT system in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The move of unplugging almost all Russian banks from the […]