Since Tunisia voluntarily entered into the orbit of Algeria in return for gas, the once Arab Spring success story has gone far in its backpedaling on democracy prompting the UN Human Rights Office to strongly denounce the crackdown on journalists. Mimicking Algeria, Tunisia has adopted legislations that criminalize independent journalism, stifle criticism of the authorities. […]
Niger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace, thus further escalating regional tensions after the coup two weeks ago, but support for ECOWAS military intervention to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum seems to be waning, revealing differences of opinion among the 15 West African member states on how to proceed. Niger’s airspace has been closed […]
Abdellatif Jouahri, Governor of Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, was honored Saturday with an award, recognizing him as one of the world’s top Central Bank Governors. The award, bestowed by the American magazine Global Finance, was handed over to Jouahri at a ceremony on the sidelines of the 2023 Annual Meetings of the World Bank […]
