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Tunisia raises 700 million euros on Eurobond market to fund 2019 fiscal budget deficit

Tunisia Wednesday said it succeeded in raising 700 million euros on the financial bond market with an interest rate of 6.37 per cent as it sought to borrow money to cover its 2019 fiscal budget deficit. The ministry of finance in a statement said the North African country will reimburse the bond over seven years. […]

African smallholder coffee farmers’ livelihood jeopardized by new EU deforestation law

Many African smallholder coffee farmers are now finding their main source of income in jeopardy after the European Union announced its plan to outlaw products sourced from deforested areas, which, as critics point out, could penalize so-called smallholder coffee farmers in Africa. In 2023, the EU established mandatory rules, known as EUDR, for companies dealing […]

Will Washington succeed in engaging Algiers amid imminent listing of Polisario “Terror Organization” ?

The Biden administration has intensified lately political and military consultation with the Algerian regime in a bid to de-escalate tension with neighboring Morocco, Washington’s strategic ally and partner. However, several experts wonder whether the U.S. overture to Algeria will hold given the impulsive diplomacy of a country controlled by an oppressive and corrupt junta swaying […]