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Libya’s Fiscal Fiction
Fixing Libya’s economy will require undoing the racket, not cosmetic consensus Libya’s economy is in free fall, and
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Confusion after Algeria posts and then retracts online statement lambasting France for changing policy on Western Sahara.
There was confusion Thursday after the Algerian Foreign Ministry reportedly posted an online statement criticizing France for endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara. According to regional media, the online statement was subsequently taken down. Reuters quoted extensively from the statement in which Algeria warned France of serious consequences for its decision.
According to AFP, the French government declined to comment on the content of the Algerian statement.
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