Tunisia: World Bank ties release of loan to appointment of a PM with economics background

The World Bank has tied allocation of a loan to Tunisia to a number of conditions including the appointment of an economist as Premier, the Washington-based bank’s Vice President for Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj, who was on a visit to Tunis this week, has revealed. Tunisia has been without a Prime Minister […]

SADC leaders slammed for failing to assist troubled Mozambique

Experts and analysts have piled criticism on the leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for “adding fuel to Mozambican fire” and for “failing the people of Mozambique” that has been for weeks engulfed in post-election violence. Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also chair of SADC, has said the regional bloc is ready […]

Tunisia: Presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel accumulates more than 30 years in prison

Abdel Sattar Al-Massoudi, a lawyer representing former presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel, has confirmed that the Kairouan Court of First Instance sentenced his client to 5 years and 4 months in prison on charges related to three cases of falsified recommendations. Al-Massoudi disclosed that the cumulative prison sentences handed down to Zammel across multiple cases now […]