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‘Not all putschists are equal’: Gabon’s interim leader makes official visit to France

Gabon’s interim president is on his first official visit to France this week accompanied by an entourage of several ministers, with bilateral relations, climate change and forests, and the progress of Gabon’s transition high on the agenda for discussion between both partners. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema’s 5-day working visit to Paris (May 28-June 2) is […]

Refugee crisis: “We need free money to handle influx of refugees, not loans,” Lebanese official

Top official of the Lebanese Ministry of Finance warned that the country may collapse if the international community does not assist economically countries taking in refugees. “The support has to be through grants. It cannot be loans,” said Alain Bifani, director general of the Lebanese finance ministry. “As long as we can, we will turn […]

Morocco’s Inflation Ticks Up to 1.7% in April, Fuel Prices the Key Driver

Morocco’s consumer price index rose 1.7 percent in April 2026 on a twelve-month rolling basis, ticking up from the 1.1 percent recorded in March, according to data published Friday by the High Commission for Planning (HCP). The headline figure remains comfortably below the two percent threshold set as the reference level by monetary authorities, and […]