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World Bank approves $500 mln credit for Tunisia

The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for Tunisia to help the North African country with budget support, a government official said on Tuesday. The new loan came just after the International Monetary Fund released a $320-million delayed tranche of Tunisia's IMF loan after the...

Gaza Strip in peril as Hamas marks decade in power

Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing electricity blackouts, poverty and Israel’s blockade, analysts and officials say. The situation is likely to be further complicated by the Saudi-led diplomatic row with Qatar,...

Sudan boosts border patrols to curb people smuggling

It was Efrem Desta's yearning for freedom that made him flee his home country of Eritrea and enter Sudan illegally, hoping that he could later make it to Europe. But he and a group of fellow migrants were abducted by Sudanese Bedouin Rashaida tribesmen after they crossed into east Sudan near...