Algeria: Dozens of ex-soldiers stage protest near Tunisian border

Dozens of former Algerian soldiers have staged a sit-in protest near the Tunisian border to demand a pension increase amid soaring food prices and shortage of staple products fueling widespread popular discontent. These disgruntled ex-soldiers gathered near the borders to vent out their anger as all demonstrations against the military regime have been banned since […]

In Tunisia: Here They Go Again On Their Own

The January 14 ouster of Ben Ali’s regime in Tunisia set off a wave of popular uprisings in the Middle East, the most significant change in more than thirty years. The last time the Middle East saw such monumental shifts was in 1979, when the ouster of the Shah in Iran, the Soviet invasion of […]

AfDB allocates Egypt $271m credit line to finance food security and economic resilience program

The African Development Bank Board of Directors approved a loan of USD 271 million to finance Egypt’s Food Security and Economic Resilience Support Program to support efforts to mitigate the impact of the global shocks on the domestic economy from the Russia-Ukraine conflict and to preserve resilience, Abidjan-based bank said in a statement. The program […]