Tunisia
Tunisia’s top union on collision course with President
Tunisia’s powerful General Labour Union (UGTT) has called a nationwide protest for 21 August, accusing President Kais Saied’s
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Mauritania secured a $2 billion financing pledge from the Arab Coordination Group (ACG) during the OPEC High-Level Forum in Vienna, the group announced on Thursday. President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, guest of honor, met with OPEC Fund chief Abdulhamid Alkhalifa and AfDB president-elect Sidi Ould Tah before chairing a roundtable on Africa's economic transformation. The funding, spanning 2025-2030, will target energy, water, transport and digital infrastructure projects. The ACG includes the OPEC Fund, Saudi and Kuwaiti development funds and the Islamic Development Bank.
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Egypt
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Morocco
Morocco consumer prices edge down 0.1% in July
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Libya
Amnesty International calls for Libya to quash convictions of Christians
Amnesty International has condemned as ‘deeply flawed and unjust’ the continued imprisonment in Libya of 11 Christians, who were earlier