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Morocco / Economy
Police were forced to intervene to break up an anti-unemployment rally outside the southern city of Ben Guerir on January 20. During the protest, 70 jobless demonstrators threatened to commit 'collective suicide' by walking into a phosphate quarry. Six people were arrested on suspicion of inciting the rally. The region has the second lowest per capita GDP in the country. Despite...
2012-01-30Libya / Economy
The United Nation's Libya envoy, Ian Martin, has reported to the UN Security Council that more than 8,000 pro-Qadhafi loyalists are held in secret detention centres in Libya by militia...
2012-01-26Libya / Economy
In late January Libya's National Transitional Council agreed to pay US$400mn of a total of US$1.4bn in repayments to Turkish contractors for work that was completed before the anti-Qadhafi...
2012-01-26Country Risk Rating
Morocco
Police were forced to intervene to break up an anti-unemployment rally outside the southern city of Ben Guerir on January 20. During the protest, 70 jobless demonstrators threatened...
2012-01-30Libya
The United Nation's Libya envoy, Ian Martin, has reported to the UN Security Council that more than 8,000 pro-Qadhafi loyalists are held in secret detention centres in Libya by militia...
2012-01-26Algeria
The Algerian people are growing increasingly angry about unemployment, poor housing and centralised decision-making, according to Mohamed Seghir Babes, an official linked to the government....
2012-01-25Tunisia
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki asked for a six-month political truce and a moratorium on strikes and protests on January 11, warning that the country would otherwise risk committing...
2012-01-24Libya
In late January Libya's National Transitional Council agreed to pay US$400mn of a total of US$1.4bn in repayments to Turkish contractors for work that was completed before the anti-Qadhafi...
2012-01-26Algeria
Customs data released on January 22 showed that energy exports amounted to US$ 71.2bn in 2011, a 28.3% increase on 2010. We estimate that the current account surplus came in at 20.5%...
2012-01-25Tunisia
Headline inflation in Tunisia increased by 4.2% y-o-y in 2011. Inflation will remain elevated in the medium term, and we reaffirm our forecast that it will come in at 4% by end 2012....
2012-01-24Libya
The decision by the UN Security Council to unfreeze approximately US$150bn in assets held by the central bank and one of its subsidiaries should help alleviate a short-term liquidity...
2011-12-29Algeria
As a consequence of the lack of genuine reform momentum in Algerian politics, we foresee a sustained elevation in the country's political risk profile. Against the tide of the Arab...
2011-12-09Tunisia
An accord reached by Tunisia's twelve largest political parties on September 15 to plan the country's democratic transition is a positive sign of cooperation, but we note that instability...
2011-09-20Libya
Despite its short existence, the Transitional National Council (TNC) has rapidly become recognised as the sole legitimate political authority in Libya by a host of countries and multilateral...
2011-09-15Morocco
he ongoing political and economic reforms undertaken by the government in recent years underpin our view that Morocco possesses one of the most stable political climates in the region....
2011-08-01
