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Tunisia’s foreign exchange reserves down 3%

Cash-strapped Tunisia reported a 3% decrease in its foreign exchange reserves to 22.9 dinars ($ 7.5 bln), enough to cover 99 days of imports, as the country struggles to access foreign debt amid a biting social and economic crisis. The decline follows the government’s $1 billion Eurobond repayment in February, reducing import coverage. The government […]

Boko Haram abducts scores of women in Nigeria’s North-east

An unknown number of people, mainly girls and women, have been abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents on Feb 6 in the Nigerian north eastern province of Gamborou Ngala. The near 200 victims are internally displaced living in a camp, said the UN as it condemned the kidnapping and urged the immediate release of the […]

Libya: Fathi Bashagha says cabinet ready as HoR calls for session Monday

The media office of Libya’s newly designated Prime Minister has said the cabinet of the former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha is ready as the country’s parliament (HoR) called on all its members for a formal session to be held next Monday. “Prime minister-designate Fathi Bashagha announces that his government is ready and will be presented […]