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Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development loans Tunisia $52m for road projects

The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development has granted Tunisia $52 million (KWD16 million) in form of credit facility to be used for road projects. The financing deal was signed during the 52nd annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the fund, held on the sidelines of the annual joint meetings of Arab […]

Social media exposes Polisario’s human rights violations-official

The era of media-black out in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps is over. The internet and social media have exposed the abhorrent treatment inflicted on thousands of Sahraouis held against their will in the camps in South Western Algeria, said Morocco’s ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale. The Polisario separatists, in connivance with Algeria, turned the […]

Africa’s trade deals with EU, UK expose differences in negotiation effectiveness

One of the most striking differences between the approaches by the European Union and the United Kingdom to negotiating trade deals with Africa is the extensiveness with which the EU negotiates these trade agreements, while the UK’s approach, in contrast, is to try to sign deals as quickly as possible, says a new report by […]