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COM2023: Morocco calls for refocusing spending on better forms of social protection, income support

Morocco called, Monday in Addis Ababa before the 55th session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM2023), for refocusing spending on better targeted forms of social protection alongside income support. The Kingdom also pleaded for adequate political and technical support to initiatives aimed at facilitating cash transfers, such as […]

Water cuts trigger unrest in Western Algeria

The city of Tiaret in western Algeria has been rocked by violent clashes as citizens take to the streets torching tires and protesting water cuts. Videos shared on social media showed Tiaret citizens blocking roads and denouncing 20 days of water outage, after a dam that supplies the city went empty. Algeria’s media, mostly mouthpieces […]

Washington to reduce economic assistance to Tunisia over democracy deficit

Washington will slash its economic assistance to Tunisia next year over the authoritarian path taken by authorities, said Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The US diplomat has not indicated the amount of the cut off but added that the move is due to “the disappointing turn taken […]