The Moroccan government lifted the threshold on foreign debt as it braces for dwindling foreign exchange reserves due to the impact of coronavirus on the flow of hard currency to the country. The move aims at addressing the needs in terms of foreign exchange reserves as the coronavirus repercussions are expected to hit tourism revenues, […]
At least 50 Boko Haram militants have been killed in Niger, the West African country’s defense ministry says. According to the army, the Islamist militants had launched an attack, using 20 vehicles, on an army outpost at the south-eastern village of Toummour on Sunday night, but were repelled in a counter-attack. Troops pursued […]
Rached Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia’s largest opposition Ennahdha party, has been indicted with high treason based on articles 68 and 72 of the North African country’s Constitution. The Islamist leader was arrested last Monday following a lawsuit against him by the ministry of justice over a video in which he warned that the country will […]
