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Spotlight | Morocco, UAE
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan makes up with Mohammed VI and boosts the family business

Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) and Mohammed VI (M6) are back on good terms. The Abu Dhabi crown prince took an exceptional two-week break in Morocco from January 20 to February 3. He invited M6 to his palace in [...]

Published on 20/02/2020 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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In Focus | Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Gulf nations fall back on trading giants for food security

Faced with a tense food situation and the lukewarm success of their agricultural projects in Africa, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar have fallen back on commodities traders such as Louis Dreyfus and Olam. They are also using the traders' Dubai-based teams to help Egypt and other friendly nations struggling.

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Salic CEO Sulaiman al-Rumaih (left) and Olam group CEO Sunny George Verghese.

Morocco
Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

Electrical work in Abidjan's Mohammed VI mosque will be completed by Electomar. The change of contractor comes several weeks after the building was supposed to have been finished.

Subscribers only Business 03.02.2021

Morocco, UAE
The secret story of Abu Dhabi's consulate in Laâyoune

In becoming at the start of this month the first Gulf state to open a consulate in the capital of the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the United Arab Emirates is hoping to put an end to three years of tensions with Rabat.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.11.2020

Morocco
Hilton moves in with Abu Dhabi royal family in luxury Rabat seaside resort

The giant American hotel group is to open a five-star Conrad hotel in the Arzana residential development owned by Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, adviser and brother of the crown prince of Abu Dhabi.

Subscribers only Business 26.10.2020

Morocco
Sotcob, Mohammed VI's favourite designer of African mosques

A specialist in traditional Moroccan interiors, Sotcob is taking care of the interior design of the mosque that Morocco has bestowed on Abidjan. The firm has been involved in creating several other Moroccan mosques abroad.

Subscribers only Business 03.07.2020

An example of Sotcob's work: Mohammed VI Mosque in Saint-Etienne (France).

Morocco
SGTM wins contract to build Rabat's future "Cité des Métiers"

At a time when major construction contracts are becoming increasingly [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

Spotlight | Morocco
DLA Piper revises "13-09" renewables law for Rabbah

Ten years after it was adopted, the 13-09 law on "renewable" private sector electricity production is to be radically revised. The reform, which was been drawn up with the help of law firm DLA Piper, could open up a breach [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 05.12.2019

Spotlight | Morocco
Abderrahim Hafidi attempts a risky merger at the ONEE

Abderrahim Hafidi, who was appointed to replace Ali Fassi-Fihri as head of national electricity and drinking water utility ONEE in April, will need to give concrete form this year to the merger between the organisation's electricity (ONE) and water (ONEP) [.

Subscribers only Business 24.01.2019

Spotlight | Morocco
The ONEE looks for lawyers to wean it from Algerian gas

Seven of the world's biggest law firms are battling for the job of assisting the ONEE (Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable) to realise its gas-to-power project. The winner, who will be designated over the next few months, [.

Subscribers only Business 19.05.2016

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Al Nahyans' Royal Diamond shifts attentions from Western defence companies to Chinese oil interests

Concern is rising in Washington that a rapprochement between the UAE and China in strategic areas is increasingly being reflected in direct alliances with members of the UAE's ruling Al Nahyan family.

Subscribers only Intelligence Online 07.04.2021

Tahnoon bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi spymaster, fashions security and investment empire

Tahnoon bin Zayed, the UAE's national security advisor, is a wealthy businessman who values his privacy.

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Gulf nations fall back on trading giants for food security

Morocco
Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

Morocco, UAE
The secret story of Abu Dhabi's consulate in Laâyoune

Morocco
Hilton moves in with Abu Dhabi royal family in luxury Rabat seaside resort

Morocco
Sotcob, Mohammed VI's favourite designer of African mosques

Morocco
SGTM wins contract to build Rabat's future "Cité des Métiers"

Spotlight | Morocco
DLA Piper revises "13-09" renewables law for Rabbah

Spotlight | Morocco
Abderrahim Hafidi attempts a risky merger at the ONEE

Spotlight | Morocco
The ONEE looks for lawyers to wean it from Algerian gas

Al Nahyans' Royal Diamond shifts attentions from Western defence companies to Chinese oil interests

Tahnoon bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi spymaster, fashions security and investment empire

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In Focus | Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE Gulf nations fall back on trading giants for food security

Morocco Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

Morocco, UAE The secret story of Abu Dhabi's consulate in Laâyoune

Morocco Hilton moves in with Abu Dhabi royal family in luxury Rabat seaside resort

Morocco Sotcob, Mohammed VI's favourite designer of African mosques

Morocco SGTM wins contract to build Rabat's future "Cité des Métiers"

Spotlight | Morocco DLA Piper revises "13-09" renewables law for Rabbah

Spotlight | Morocco Abderrahim Hafidi attempts a risky merger at the ONEE

Spotlight | Morocco The ONEE looks for lawyers to wean it from Algerian gas

Al Nahyans' Royal Diamond shifts attentions from Western defence companies to Chinese oil interests

Tahnoon bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi spymaster, fashions security and investment empire

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Spotlight | Morocco, UAE
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan makes up with Mohammed VI and boosts the family business

In Focus | Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Gulf nations fall back on trading giants for food security

Morocco
Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

Morocco, UAE
The secret story of Abu Dhabi's consulate in Laâyoune

Morocco
Hilton moves in with Abu Dhabi royal family in luxury Rabat seaside resort

Morocco
Sotcob, Mohammed VI's favourite designer of African mosques

Morocco
SGTM wins contract to build Rabat's future "Cité des Métiers"

Spotlight | Morocco
DLA Piper revises "13-09" renewables law for Rabbah

Spotlight | Morocco
Abderrahim Hafidi attempts a risky merger at the ONEE

Spotlight | Morocco
The ONEE looks for lawyers to wean it from Algerian gas