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Green Finance: $200 Mln Chinese loan for Morocco’s climate resilience

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $200 million loan to support Morocco’s resilience efforts to mitigate the social and economic impacts of climate change. The loan is part of a co-financing programme with the World Bank, which has already committed $350 million. The funding will enable Morocco cut greenhouse emissions, carry out […]

Tunisia’s Kais Said busy silencing rivals ahead of presidential elections

Tunisian autocrat Kais Saied is intensifying crackdown to silence potential rivals as he seeks re-election in the presidential elections due in October. The president has ordered a campaign against critical voices in the media and civil society, drawing criticism from rights watchdogs. The most recent measures against political opponents included the arrest of Lotfi Mraihi, […]

France willing to bolster ties with Chad as Chadian leader ends visit to Russia

General Marc Olivier, a top commander of the French army announced Thursday January 25 France’s willingness to strengthen ties with Chad as he met Mahamat Saleh Annadif, the central African country’s top diplomat, in N’Djamena. The two sides addressed ways to bolster cooperation that they believe will solidify the historical ties between the two nations […]