Cash-strapped Tunisia to borrow $7bn more in 2022
Tunis – Debt-ridden Tunisia unveiled a 2022 budget on Tuesday that will see it borrow almost $7 billion more, as... Read more
29 Dec, 2021
US retail sales up 8.5% this holiday season
Washington – US consumers were in the mood to spend this holiday season, with retail sales soaring 8.5% over last... Read more
27 Dec, 2021
Trudeau says China ‘playing’ democracies against each other
Ottawa – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a year-end interview with local media said Western democracies must stand... Read more
26 Dec, 2021
Zimbabweans queue for cash for Christmas
Harare – Thousands of Zimbabweans were queuing at banks and currency exchange points across the country on Thursday, some of... Read more
23 Dec, 2021
With arrival of Intel, Europe to gain advanced chips
Paris – Europe will soon produce a strategically vital component in the modern global economy as US semiconductor giant Intel... Read more
22 Dec, 2021
Ivory Coast dockers end strike at Abidjan port
Abidjan – A strike by dockers paralysed the main port in Abidjan on Friday before their union suspended the... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
Ivory Coast dockers stike paralyses Abidjan port
Abidjan – A strike by dockers paralysed the port of Abidjan on Friday, the main facility through which Ivory Coast’s... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Europe’s car industry faces worse year than 2020
Paris – Europe’s automobile industry is facing a worse year than the Covid-battered 2020 with sales falling a fifth straight... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Eni and Algeria’s Sonatrach sign $1.4bn oil deal
Algiers – Algeria’s state oil firm Sonatrach signed a $1.4 billion exploration and production deal on Tuesday with Italian major... Read more
15 Dec, 2021
Algeria lends $300m to cash-strapped Tunisia
Tunis – Heavily indebted Tunisia said on Tuesday it had received a loan from oil-rich neighbour Algeria, the day before... Read more
15 Dec, 2021
