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TUNIS: Tunisians shop at Halfaouine market near central Tunis. The small North African country, roiled by years of political turmoil that deepened with President Kais Saied’s power grab last July, is also mired in a deep recession. —AFP

Tunisians fear more economic pain as crucial IMF talks loom
NAIROBI: People shop in Nairobi. Kenyaís economy shrank for the first time in three decades last year as the country was battered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Kenya suffers huge job losses as COVID pummels economy
In this photo illustration, a COVID-19 Unemployment Assistance Updates logo is displayed on a smartphone on top of an application for unemployment benefits on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. - With shops and factories closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly all of the jobs created in the US economy in the last decade were wiped out in a single month. An unprecedented 20.5 million jobs were destroyed in April in the world's largest economy, driving the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent compared to 4.4 percent in March, the Labor Department said in its monthly report, the first to capture the impact of a full month of the lockdowns. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

Pandemic fuels historic job losses
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KUWAIT: Officials and citizens carry the body of Kuwaiti firefighter Abdullah Al-Farsi before he was laid to rest at Sulaibikhat Cemetery on Nov 23, 2024. — KUNA
Kuwait honors martyred fireman
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A Kuwaiti folklore group performs at the ceremony.
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The Egyptian foreign minister meets with his Kuwaiti counterpart Abdullah Al-Yahya in the presence of Kuwaiti and Egyptian senior officials.
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People hold placards and shout slogans during a protest march against the sectarian attacks in Kurram district in Parachinar, the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Lahore on November 22, 2024. - AFP
Families fleeing after 32 killed in new sectarian clashes in Pakistan