The first National Conference on Advanced Regionalization held in Agadir Friday and Saturday adopted a set of recommendations, calling, inter-alia for strengthening regions’ capacities in terms of inclusive regional development to reduce territorial disparities. Participants in the conference stressed the need to strengthen territorial planning mechanisms in accordance with the State’s general policy in […]
The East African Community (EAC) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed an agreement last Friday for the deployment of an EAC joint regional force to fight negative forces in the bloc’s new member, Xinhua reported. EAC Secretary General, Peter Mathuki, and DRC’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lutundula […]
Egypt finance minister Muntaz al-Said announced on Wednesday that a new 10% tax on major transactions have been approved by a special cabinet that was formed for this purpose. Although no time limit has been precisely set, according to him this tax will mainly be on gains acquired on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and also […]
