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IMF Mission Set for Early December to Review Egypt’s Economic Programmes

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is scheduled to arrive in Cairo in early December 2025 to conduct the fifth and sixth reviews of Egypt’s $8 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the first review under the $1.3 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), according to Julie Kozack, Head of the IMF’s Communications Department. Speaking […]

Former Algerian industry minister urges France not to extradite him

Former Algerian industry minister, Abdeslam Bouchouareb, sentenced in absentia to a total of 100 years in prison, has appealed to French authorities to decline his extradition, citing political persecution amid a purge of the Bouteflika-era officials. Bouchouareb, who served as industry and mines minister from April 2014 to May 2017, rose to prominence under President […]

Senegal, Germany ink agreements for vaccine production

Senegal and Germany signed Thursday two financial agreements for the production of vaccine in the West African country, Senegalese state-run news agency APS reports. The agreements namely financial cooperation agreement and a financial aid contract, were signed by Oulimata Sarr, Senegal’s Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation and Karl von Klitzing, Director Senegal Office of […]