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AfDB approves 450 million euro guarantee for OCP green investment program

The African Development Bank Group board of directors approved Wednesday a 450 million euro non-sovereign partial credit guarantee benefiting the Phosphates Office Group. This financing instrument, deployed in Morocco for the first time, aims to enable OCP Group to mobilize loans up to 530 million euros from international financial institutions aligned with its green financing […]

Tunisia escalates political clampdown with second mass trial of opposition figures

In a move widely interpreted as a deepening of Tunisia’s authoritarian drift, the state has opened on Tuesday May 6 a second sweeping trial against 22 opposition figures, accusing them of conspiring against national security. The new trial comes weeks after a separate mass trial jailed nearly 40 people. The proceedings, dubbed Conspiracy Against State […]

ALGERIA: U.S. POPULAR YOUTUBER SURVIVES DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE, SPARKING GLOBAL TRAVEL ALERTS

Algeria is not a safe country for foreign travelers. Yet, the Algerian authorities have invited popular American youtuber and online streamer IShowSpeed to promote a high-risk destination. The paid PR operation did not go as planned. What was supposed to be a party of exaltation turned into a disaster with frantic scenes of chaos, screaming […]