In the past ten years, North African countries progressed in liberalizing their trade relations with the EU as well as Korea. As part of the Euro-Mediterranean (Barcelona Process) Partnership, North African nations and the EU entered association agreements with provisions for free trade in industrial goods. This opened doors for European manufacturers to new export and investment markets. Most recently, North African nations and the EU launched initiatives to extend their agreements to trade in agricultural products, trade in services, government procurement, and trade harmonization. Trade between North Africa and Korea also exploded in the past five years. As latecomers to North Africa, […]
On Wednesday September 11, local media reported the arrest of four individuals in Tunisia for mistakenly displaying the Turkish flag instead of the Tunisian flag on a government building. The identities and roles of those arrested have not been disclosed. The incident occurred on Tuesday when the Turkish flag was raised over the headquarters of […]
Burkina Faso authorities have budgeted $1.09 billion for defense expenditure this year, an increase of 49.43 per cent compared to last year, to address security concerns caused by terrorism activities. The West African country has been grappling with insecurity caused by terrorists and a political instability. The central government has lost around 40 per cent […]
