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Algeria: Oil prices, virus, instability put Algeria on edgeF

Algiers, April 12, 2020 (By Amal Belalloufi with Philippe Agret in Tunis) - Algeria faces economic and social turmoil if crude prices continue to collapse, experts have warned, with the oil-dependent country reeling from a year of popular protests, political turmoil...

Setback in fight against Boko Haram: Chad to withdraw from regional forceF

N'Djamena, April 10, 2020 - Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has said his country's troops, who have been deployed to fight jihadists in the Lake Chad region and the Sahel, will no longer take part in military operations outside national borders.   "Our troops have...

Tunisia gets emergency loan from the IMFF

April 10, 2020 - The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a $745 million emergency loan for Tunisia as it continues to roll out an unprecedented number of aid packages to countries battling the coronavirus. "These resources will help address urgent fiscal...

Public health: Inside North Africa’s healthcare systemsF

By Hamza Mekouar:  The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on shortcomings in health care in several North African countries, even as governments moved quickly to announce restrictions to limit the spread of the virus. "Our fate is in the hands of a health...

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