Egypt-based online payment service Fawry denies connection with Silicon Valley Bank

Egypt’s leading e-payments solutions provider Fawry denied Monday any affiliation with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), nor any of its subsidiaries, weeks after US authorities ordered the closure of SVB with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The company in a press release also confirmed that it does not currently have any relationships with any bank […]

Senegal: Senior official dismissed after comments on the conditions of women

Senegalese President Macky Sall has fired a senior official who caused waves by publicly denouncing, on International Women’s Day, as “nonsense” traditions such as the ban on women working or shaking hands with men. The president has “terminated the functions of Mr. Papa Amadou Sarr, Delegate General for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth” (DER/FJ), […]

U.S. Ambassador to Algeria: Washington’s Recognition of Moroccanness of Sahara is Irreversible and Historical Fact

The Algerian regime has been smacked with the remarks of U.S. Ambassador to Algeria Elizabeth Moore Aubin who affirmed that the American recognition of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory is a “historical fact” and an irreversible decision as evidenced by the Biden Administration which has maintained the U.S. stand announced by former […]