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Algeria, Mauritania
Algiers deploys soft power in Nouakchott

Algeria's cultural ambassadors are gearing up for the 17th Assalamalekoum Festival in mid-June.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.06.2024

Libya
Warsaw eyes Libyan hydrocarbons

Poland’s state-owned Orlen Group-PGNIG is prospecting in Libya and trying to position itself for National Oil Corp contracts.

Subscribers only Energy 06.06.2024

Tunisia
Loukil group fights to save its automobile and plumbing products businesses

Tunis Stock Exchange in 2018. © Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters

Subscribers only Business 05.06.2024

Algeria
Businessman Djamel Ben Ferha takes Belgium to arbitration over White Star affair

Businessman Djamel ben Ferha, who blames the Belgian state for the collapse of his football club, Royal White Star Bruxelles, took his case to the ICSID at the end of May.

Subscribers only Business 05.06.2024

Spotlight | Tunisia
Khaled Yahyaoui, the Carthage Palace security chief who makes and breaks ministerial careers

Khaled Yahyaoui was awarded an Order of the Republic by Kaïs Saïed on 18 April 2021. © Tunisian Presidency/Facebook

Subscribers only Politics 04.06.2024

Morocco
South Korea's Dae Sun to build second oil tanker for Morocco

The Moroccan firm Pétrocab has ordered a new oil tanker from South Korean shipbuilder Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering. The company is hoping to assemble the ship in the new Casablanca shipyards directly.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 04.06.2024

Morocco
African football boss Patrice Motsepe keeps Rabat waiting over AFCON

In recent weeks, the head of the Confederation of African Football's teams have been receiving increasingly urgent messages about the uncertainty surrounding the dates of several competitions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.06.2024

Libya
French companies seek Haftar business in eastern Libya

A delegation from French employers' association Medef is to visit Benghazi on 3 and 4 June in the hope of obtaining reconstruction and healthcare contracts, the first such trip in years.

Subscribers only Business 03.06.2024

Algeria
Sonatrach pumps funds into football club MC Alger

In an attempt to match the continent's biggest clubs, Algerian hydrocarbon giant Sonatrach is to increase the budget of football club Mouloudia Club d'Alger, the 2023-2024 championship winner.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.06.2024

Inner Circle | Libya
Aguila Salah Issa, the parliamentary kingpin with myriad networks

He may have ruffled legislators' feathers by forcing through a forex tax, but the speaker of Libya's House of Representatives enjoys much support among MPs and within the country's eastern tribes.

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2024

Aguila Salah Issa, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Libya, in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28 June 2022.

Libya
Emirati firm JLX International to drill a score of wells in Sirte

Behind the Dubai-based company is a Chinese firm with the same name, operating its first contract in Libya. It is aiming to establish a foothold in the country as the NOC seeks to increase the number of wells in its concessions.

Free access Energy 31.05.2024

Morocco
Hunan businesses go prospecting in Moroccan market

Leading Chinese firms visited the kingdom in late April.

Subscribers only Business 31.05.2024

Morocco
Drought and EU pressure push tomato giant Azura to seek new pastures

The Tazi family group, which this year passed into the hands of founder Mohamed Tazi's daughters, is preparing to switch up its business model amid growing challenges in the tomato sector.

Subscribers only Business 30.05.2024

Tunisia
EU commissioner Varhelyi expected at Tunisia business summit

The forum will take place on 12-13 June, just after the EU elections.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 30.05.2024

Morocco
Crédit Agricole du Maroc grapples with heavy turbulence

The new management team at Morocco's sole state-owned agricultural bank is concerned about the effects of past mismanagement of its property portfolio.

Subscribers only Finance 29.05.2024

Morocco
UM6P Ventures coming to Paris to lure start-up founders

UM6P Ventures will be in Paris next week to launch a major promotion drive targeting the Moroccan diaspora in France.

Subscribers only Finance 29.05.2024

Algeria
Algiers seeks to revive its film industry

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is hoping to see a resurgence of Algerian film production, which last enjoyed a golden age in the 1970s. But while his wish has generated support for major initiatives in cinema, the sector remains under tight surveillance.

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2024

Algiers' Salle el-Mougar cinema during the world premiere of 'Ce que le jour doit à la nuit', 7 September, 2012.

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North Africa

Algeria, Mauritania
Algiers deploys soft power in Nouakchott

Libya
Warsaw eyes Libyan hydrocarbons

Tunisia
Loukil group fights to save its automobile and plumbing products businesses

Algeria
Businessman Djamel Ben Ferha takes Belgium to arbitration over White Star affair

Spotlight | Tunisia
Khaled Yahyaoui, the Carthage Palace security chief who makes and breaks ministerial careers

Morocco
South Korea's Dae Sun to build second oil tanker for Morocco

Morocco
African football boss Patrice Motsepe keeps Rabat waiting over AFCON

Libya
French companies seek Haftar business in eastern Libya

Algeria
Sonatrach pumps funds into football club MC Alger

Inner Circle | Libya
Aguila Salah Issa, the parliamentary kingpin with myriad networks

Libya
Emirati firm JLX International to drill a score of wells in Sirte

Morocco
Hunan businesses go prospecting in Moroccan market

Morocco
Drought and EU pressure push tomato giant Azura to seek new pastures

Tunisia
EU commissioner Varhelyi expected at Tunisia business summit

Morocco
Crédit Agricole du Maroc grapples with heavy turbulence

Morocco
UM6P Ventures coming to Paris to lure start-up founders

Algeria
Algiers seeks to revive its film industry

Morocco
Australian mining giant Fortescue CEO heads to Rabat

Tunisia
New Economy Minister Feryel Ouerghi Sebai marks territory with Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar

Morocco
France makes it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas

Libya
Eastern authorities make grab for top sovereign wealth fund

Morocco
Ministers to attend US-Morocco Venture Capital Forum

Algeria
Ali Oumellal rises to prominence in CREA employers' union

Tunisia
Western ambassadors bear brunt of presidential wrath

Tunisia
FIFA gives Tunisian football federation extra time

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North Africa

Algeria, Mauritania Algiers deploys soft power in Nouakchott

Libya Warsaw eyes Libyan hydrocarbons

Tunisia Loukil group fights to save its automobile and plumbing products businesses

Algeria Businessman Djamel Ben Ferha takes Belgium to arbitration over White Star affair

Spotlight | Tunisia Khaled Yahyaoui, the Carthage Palace security chief who makes and breaks ministerial careers

Morocco South Korea's Dae Sun to build second oil tanker for Morocco

Morocco African football boss Patrice Motsepe keeps Rabat waiting over AFCON

Libya French companies seek Haftar business in eastern Libya

Algeria Sonatrach pumps funds into football club MC Alger

Inner Circle | Libya Aguila Salah Issa, the parliamentary kingpin with myriad networks

Libya Emirati firm JLX International to drill a score of wells in Sirte

Morocco Hunan businesses go prospecting in Moroccan market

Morocco Drought and EU pressure push tomato giant Azura to seek new pastures

Tunisia EU commissioner Varhelyi expected at Tunisia business summit

Morocco Crédit Agricole du Maroc grapples with heavy turbulence

Morocco UM6P Ventures coming to Paris to lure start-up founders

Algeria Algiers seeks to revive its film industry

Morocco Australian mining giant Fortescue CEO heads to Rabat

Tunisia New Economy Minister Feryel Ouerghi Sebai marks territory with Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar

Morocco France makes it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas

Libya Eastern authorities make grab for top sovereign wealth fund

Morocco Ministers to attend US-Morocco Venture Capital Forum

Algeria Ali Oumellal rises to prominence in CREA employers' union

Tunisia Western ambassadors bear brunt of presidential wrath

Tunisia FIFA gives Tunisian football federation extra time

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Algeria, Mauritania
Algiers deploys soft power in Nouakchott

Libya
Warsaw eyes Libyan hydrocarbons

Tunisia
Loukil group fights to save its automobile and plumbing products businesses

Algeria
Businessman Djamel Ben Ferha takes Belgium to arbitration over White Star affair

Spotlight | Tunisia
Khaled Yahyaoui, the Carthage Palace security chief who makes and breaks ministerial careers

Morocco
South Korea's Dae Sun to build second oil tanker for Morocco

Morocco
African football boss Patrice Motsepe keeps Rabat waiting over AFCON

Libya
French companies seek Haftar business in eastern Libya

Algeria
Sonatrach pumps funds into football club MC Alger

Inner Circle | Libya
Aguila Salah Issa, the parliamentary kingpin with myriad networks

Libya
Emirati firm JLX International to drill a score of wells in Sirte

Morocco
Hunan businesses go prospecting in Moroccan market

Morocco
Drought and EU pressure push tomato giant Azura to seek new pastures

Tunisia
EU commissioner Varhelyi expected at Tunisia business summit

Morocco
Crédit Agricole du Maroc grapples with heavy turbulence

Morocco
UM6P Ventures coming to Paris to lure start-up founders

Algeria
Algiers seeks to revive its film industry

Morocco
Australian mining giant Fortescue CEO heads to Rabat

Tunisia
New Economy Minister Feryel Ouerghi Sebai marks territory with Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar

Morocco
France makes it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas

Libya
Eastern authorities make grab for top sovereign wealth fund

Morocco
Ministers to attend US-Morocco Venture Capital Forum

Algeria
Ali Oumellal rises to prominence in CREA employers' union

Tunisia
Western ambassadors bear brunt of presidential wrath

Tunisia
FIFA gives Tunisian football federation extra time