holdup in Tunisia

Tunisia: Grand Mufti denies supporting front runner in second round

Tunisia’s highest religious leader Wednesday debunked rumors that he has thrown support behind Kaïs Saïed who is touted as the next President of the North African country, Middle East Monitor reports. Othman Battikh took to his official facebook page to reject claims that he endorses the law professor at the expense of media tycoon Nabil […]

At Brazil’s G20 summit, IMF aims to get Africa’s unsustainable debt under control

As finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 convene in Brazil this week (25-26 July), high on the agenda will be the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) strategy to tackle Africa’s debt challenges, particularly the critical need for sustainable debt management and economic reforms. The IMF heads to Brazil G20 on a mission to […]

Nuclear Accord: Iran Supreme leader tells citizens not to worry in wake of US sanctions

Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a message on his official website Wednesday called on Iranians not to worry after the U.S. re-imposed economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic as pressure aimed at forcing authorities in Teheran to renegotiate a new nuclear deal that suits the US terms. “With regard to our situation do […]