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Algeria: Shortage of cooking oil provokes long queues, stampedes

Cooking oil has become a rare commodity in Algerian stores forcing people to wait in long queues before stores and to strict rationing. Stampedes were seen across the country as people panic while waiting for this consumer good. Algerian officials, including President Tebboune, have long attempted to hide the sun with a sieve by denying […]

France to finance two projects in Niger worth 22 million euros

France’s development agency, AFD, and Niger have inked a financing agreement for two projects worth 22 million euros in the African country. The first project focusing on household food security, will benefit from a 10 million euros subsidy to support the most vulnerable households by improving their food security. Local NGO Karkara and the national […]

Morocco advances legal reform, public sector restructuring, and inflation control

Morocco’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, outlined significant progress in legal dispute resolution, public sector reform, and inflation management during a recent parliamentary question time. Highlighting efforts to strengthen state dispute management, Fettah Alaoui said that reforms have led to cumulative savings of 25.4 billion dirhams over five years by reducing financial […]