Algeria & Mauritania meet to discuss strengthening bilateral defense cooperation.
According to reporting by Anadolu, Algeria and Mauritania discussed ongoing security issues in Africa and signed a defense cooperation agreement
Egypt's central bank has maintained interest rates at a historic high for the second consecutive meeting, aiming to sustain the slowdown in inflation following a significant currency devaluation, Bloomberg reports.
On Thursday, the Monetary Policy Committee announced that the benchmark deposit rate would remain at 27.25%, and the lending rate at 28.25%.
This cautious stance persists despite a fourth consecutive month of declining inflation in the North African nation as of June.
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