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Gibraltar regiment conducts military drills in Morocco

The Royal Gibraltar Regiment is currently conducting Exercise in Jebel Sahara near Marrakesh to hone their combat and engagement skills. The UK ministry of defense described the exercise as “a great opportunity to learn and exchange ideas in a very testing environment. Train hard, fight easy,” according to Gibraltar Chronicle. “Always a pleasure to visit […]

Tunisia struggles to downsize public wage bill

Tunisia counts more than 650,000 civil servants that is 5% of the total population of 12 million people, a number that weighs significantly on the state budget. Tunisia has more public sector employees compared to 568,000 in Morocco which has a population three times bigger. The IMF has urged the Tunisian government to cut the […]

Senegal: short election campaign in full swing for delayed presidential vote on 24 March

Campaigning for the upcoming presidential election is in full swing in Senegal, as the country’s voters will head to the polls this Sunday (24 March), in which as many as 93 candidates, including six women, initially declared their intent to run. But this year, the total of 19 presidential candidates that were ultimately confirmed, were […]