Syria: banks have months to plan restructure following crisis
In an attempt to revive its banking sector, Syria’s central bank has given commercial lenders six months to provision for...
financial crisis
Patients in Tunisia left without treatment due to medicine shortage
Tunisia is currently struggling with a medicine shortage after several essential drugs have vanished from pharmacy shelves, according to The...
UNHCR to reduce presence in Ivory Coast amid financial crisis
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office for Ivory Coast — which also covers four other coastal countries...
Mozambique’s Ex-Finance Minister sentenced to 2 more years
Mozambique’s ex-finance minister sentenced to 2 more years in prison by a US court, following his involvement in the tuna...
Mozambique’s ex-finance minister given two more years in prison
Mozambique's former finance minister will serve another two and half years behind bars for his part in the "tuna bond"...
Lebanon central bank can’t prevent watchdog grey-listing
On August 22nd, acting central bank governor Wassim Mansouri announced that Lebanon’s central bank (BdL) is working to prevent the...
Lebanon: Boom in money supply offers economic hope
Branded the riskiest state in the world by investors, Lebanon saw its money supply swell fivefold in a single month, according...
Tunisia is granted $500 million loan from African bank
The Tunisian parliament’s House of Representatives announced on June 1st that Tunisia will receive the $500 million they requested from...
