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Ailing President returns to Algeria to avoid being incapacitated

Ailing president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has returned to Algeria after convalescing in Germany for 60 days. It is not clear however if he has recovered or if he had to interrupt his healing process to pass the 2021 budget law to shun being incapacitated. Tebboune, a heavy smoker, had contracted the coronavirus and had to be […]

EIB pledges €1 Bln support for Morocco’s post earthquake reconstruction

The European Investment Bank has pledged to lend Morocco €1 billion over the next three years to support the country’s efforts to rebuild the public infrastructures affected by the powerful & deadly earthquake that hit Al Haouz region on Sept.08, 2023. The first tranche of the loan (€ 500 million) was signed lately in Rabat […]

Lebanon calls for EU cooperation on Syrian refugees’ return

Lebanon has called on the European Union to cooperate on a roadmap for the gradual return of Syrian refugees to their country. “Lebanon is going through an unprecedented economic and social crisis in its modern history, under which 80% of the Lebanese are living under poverty line,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The […]