Rabat Hosts Euromoney Conference 2019

Sahara: UN ignores Algeria’s blackmail, insists on involvement of all parties in political process

Despite Algeria’s repeated blackmail over the Moroccan Sahara dispute, the United Nations has once again insisted on the paramount importance of the involvement of all parties in the UN-led political process. This was reaffirmed by the UN Secretary-General’s deputy spokesman Farhan Haq during his daily briefing on Wednesday. To a question on Algeria’s latest decision, […]

Niger: UAE to set up military base near Libyan border

United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to establish a military base in Niger near the border with Libya, reports say as talks between the West African country and the Gulf country have reached final stages. The UAE will become the fourth country to have a military base in Niger after France, the USA and Germany. […]

Sub-Saharan Africa faces massive debt-servicing shock, study warns

Strategies are needed to avoid debt crises that developing nations are currently facing, including the urgent need to find as much as $2.5-trillion over five years to meet external debt-service costs as interest rates rise and poorer countries struggle to refinance borrowings, according to a recent study. The findings published by the Bill & Melinda […]