The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has temporarily raised the daily cash withdrawal limit for individuals and businesses at bank branches from EGP 250,000 to EGP 500,000. This exceptional measure is intended to cushion the impact of ongoing telecommunications disruptions that have affected regular banking operations across the country. The CBE stated that the adjustment […]
Burkina Faso had no grounds for ordering senior UN official Barbara Manzi to leave the country because the doctrine of “persona non grata” could not be applied to her, the United Nations has said in a statement after the military government ordered Manzi to leave Burkina Faso immediately. The military government in Ouagadougou expelled the […]
President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania Tuesday proposed the suppression of the Senate, which, he said, obstructs laws adoption. He called for a national referendum to decide over the move while giving three to four weeks to opposition parties to decide whether they will take part in the vote. “We are calling on the […]
