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The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has stepped up its financial support to Morocco’s public and private institutions in a bid to boost the North African country’s economic growth. The European Bank has increased its support to Morocco’s renewable energy sector with a loan of up to € 35 million to the Office National […]
Security sources Wednesday said they arrested five Tunisians in the Remada, in the governorate of Tataouine as the men were trying to join IS in Libya, now a training ground for jihadists. Police sources say the men had been watched for quite a time and security forces received confirmations that they were planning to join […]
Mauritanian Minister of economy and development Tuesday hailed the progress made by the country on the 2015 Doing Business Group report which places Mauritania at the 168th spot out of 189 countries. 2015 Doing Business Group’s report published last week ranks Mauritania 168th, revealing a jump of 8 spots in two years after the country […]
Tunisian ruling party Nidaa Tounes is on the verge of losing its majority in parliament after 30 of its 86 MPs suspended their membership to the party and threatened to “leave the parliamentary bloc” ahead of the party Executive Committee’s November 12 meeting. The group had boycotted a meeting of the party’s constitutive authority on […]
U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon confirmed on Wednesday that veteran German diplomat, Marti Kobler, who has more than 30 years of experience in senior positions in the German government and the UN, will replace Bernadino Leon as his Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Kobler is to replace Leon […]
The crime rate in Morocco has dropped by more than 9% over the first nine months of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014. The figures were disclosed by Junior Interior Minister Charki Draiss at a briefing before the parliament’s interior committee on Monday. Draiss told the lawmakers that the number of overall crimes […]
Armed men belonging to Revolutionaries of Tripoli, a militia group reportedly linked to the Interior Ministry of the Tripoli government, has kidnapped a member of this government, namely Mohamad al-Gaddar in charge of Planning. The security and defence commission of the General National Congress (GNC) strongly condemned the kidnapping on Tuesday and asked for the […]
Tunisia’s coalition government led by Nidaa Tounes is fragilized as internal tensions continue to increase within the ruling party that won in last year elections 85 of the 217 parliament seats. Lazhar Akremi, a founding member of the party hinted that around 35 of the party’s Members of Parliament are planning to breakaway and form […]
UN Support Mission in Libya reiterated its call Monday to Libyan rival groups in the political dialogue to give way to understanding and allow the country’s interest to prevail and accepted to expand the Presidential Council from 6 to 9 members. After numerous consultations with the main rival parties, the House of Representative (HoR) and […]
The Tunisian ministries of the interior and defence warned of eminent attacks by terrorist groups as intelligence reports indicated the existence of IS training camps near the country’s borders. Security experts have called on authorities to beef up the security level in the face of eminent threats. They warned of the presence of IS training […]