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Sarkozy’s Support for Morocco on Western Sahara Irks Algeria

The recent remarks made by former French president Nicolas Sarkozy expressing his firm support to Morocco’s Sovereignty over Western Sahara have irked Algerian authorities. Although the Algerian government has not yet reacted officially, a top diplomat at Algerian Foreign Affairs ministry has termed Sarkozy’s statements as a provocation and upsetting. Speaking at an international conference […]

Libya takes bold steps to address liquidity crisis with new banknote printing and digital payment initiatives

Libya is enacting extraordinary measures to tackle its persistent liquidity crisis. On December 5, 2024, the Central Bank of Libya announced a partnership with the British company ‘De La Rue’ to print 30 billion dinars (approximately $6.25 billion) in new currency. This decision follows years of acute financial difficulties, compounded by political instability since the […]

Tunisia in tumultuous economic and political waters

Tunisia faces an economic and a political crisis that are unfolding, leaving very short deadlines for the current leadership to come up with solutions that would spare the Tunisian people scenarios of its eastern and western neighbors. Surrounded by unstable Libya in the east and authoritarian Algerian in the east, Tunisia is navigating uncharted waters […]