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Algeria celebrates its first card payment!!!

“The operation was successful,” said an Algerian official in a supermarket in Algiers in front of an applauding crowd and state media. One would think that the comment came after the launch of a skyrocket. It was rather a celebration of Algeria’s first card payment. State media and local officials gathered around a liter of […]

UNFPA Sounds Alarm Over Deepening Funding Shortfall for Sudan Crisis Response

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA), on Tuesday, 9 December, has issued a stark warning that its humanitarian operations in Sudan are critically underfunded, jeopardizing essential services for women and girls. Speaking virtually to reporters in Geneva, UNFPA’s country representative, Fabrizia Falcione, revealed that only 42% of the agency’s 2025 response plan was financed, forcing the […]

Tunisia’s Parliament speaker vows good ties with media after ban on the first plenary

Brahim Bouderbala, the new Speaker of Tunisia’s brand new legislature, pledged Monday to re-affirm press freedom and good ties with journalists, even though state banned private and international media outlets to cover the first plenary of lawmakers elected during December 17 unpopular legislatives. Tunisians authorities barred private and international media to the first plenary of […]