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Intercepted IS Coded Messages Put Intelligence Services on High Alert

Moroccan intelligence services and their foreign counterparts, mainly French and Spanish, have been on the alert after they intercepted coded messages exchanged by members of the Islamic State group (IS) calling for attacks in Europe and Morocco, local daily Al Massae reports Tuesday. The services doubled their guards after they discovered coded WhatsApp messages. Moroccan […]

Malawi granted IMF food-shock funding to mitigate impact of global food shortage

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved financing to cope with rising global food prices for Malawi, the first low-income nation to receive financing from the IMF under a new tool intended to help countries cope with global food price shocks. The number of Malawians facing food insecurity has doubled to 20% of the population […]

China –the Indispensable Game- Changer of the Post-Crisis Global Economy

The upshots of the global financial crisis are long to list. In a catchy word, they are condensed in the phrase “shift to the East”. Driven by the increasing power and strength of emerging market economies, the timing and extent of the shift raise questions over what real objectives the new players are set to […]