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Morocco
OCP negotiates partnership with Paris Peace Forum

Though tension between Paris and Rabat is high, massive Moroccan phosphate miner OCP may sponsor the upcoming French event.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 10.05.2023

Algeria
President Tebboune rejigs foreign ministry after Lamamra departure

Almost two months after Ramtane Lamamra stepped down as Algeria's foreign minister, his replacement, Ahmed Attaf, and President Adbelmadjid Tebboune are rejigging the foreign ministry.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.05.2023

Mauritania, Tunisia
Jordan enters race for top Union for the Mediterranean seat

Jordan is entering the race for the Union for the Mediterranean secretary general seat in 2024, for which Tunisia and Mauritania have already submitted candidates.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.05.2023

Libya
Emirati ADNOC gets into Ghadames basin game

National Oil Corp continues to look for foreign investments and is in discussions with three industry giants over the exploration of oil and gas fields in the Ghadames Basin. They include Emirati ADNOC, a further sign of the recent financial interest Abu Dhabi has for Libya.

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2023

Egypt
Sudan war deals fresh blow to struggling Egyptian economy

The risk of disrupted food supplies from Sudan has sparked fears of further price hikes in Egypt, while Cairo's exports to its southern neighbour, its third-biggest market in Africa, may also be badly hit.

Subscribers only Business 08.05.2023

Inner Circle | Egypt
Ayman Soliman and Mohamed Amin mastermind sovereign fund's Gulf strategy

The Sovereign Fund of Egypt is playing a leading role in trying to attract international investors to the country as it battles with a crippling debt crisis. Sisi's office is keeping a close eye on the team that runs the fund.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 05.05.2023

Algeria
Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

Algeria has been apprehensively following debates in France on an insecticide ban that would have prevented it from importing French wheat, upon which it has become more dependent since the war in Ukraine and the drought at home.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 05.05.2023

A grain ship being loaded in the port of La Rochelle, France.

Tunisia
SONEDE awards major contracts to boost water supplies

After several years of drought, Tunisia is racing against the clock to upgrade its drinking water supply network.

Subscribers only Business 04.05.2023

Egypt
Trade minister to visit Turkey to promote investment in Egypt

Egyptian trade and industry ministry Ahmed Samir is due to visit Turkey this month with the aim of further strengthening the economic parntership between the two giant eastern Mediterranean powers.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 04.05.2023

Algeria
Algeria plans to reinstate 'green circuit' for major importers and exporters

The circuit, which was in operation between 2014 and 2019, enabled major companies, often those close to the authorities, to obtain substantial reductions in customs duties.

Free access Business 03.05.2023

Morocco
Brahim Mojahid returns to Tiznit-Laâyoune-Dakhla expressway project

Moroccan construction group Mojazine, led by Brahim Mojahid, former PAM president of the Béni Mellal-Khenifra regional council, has won another contract for the vast Tiznit-Dakhla expressway project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 03.05.2023

Morocco
French group Alstom in a pickle in Casablanca

Alstom is still not going to be able to deliver all of its tramway trainsets for lines T3 and T4 in Casablanca, due to the delay in the delivery of the maintenance centre, which has been postponed several times.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 02.05.2023

Morocco
Where has the new development model gone?

Members of the opposition are asking what the Moroccan government has done with the new development model, with the national pact still not signed.

Subscribers only Politics 02.05.2023

Algeria
Medical equipment supplier Industries Médico-Chirurgicales under investigation

Industries Médico-Chirurgicales, Algeria's biggest non-oil exporter, is suspected of having overcharged for orthopaedic equipment. In question, more generally, is the group's long-criticised monopoly on the market.

Subscribers only Business 01.05.2023

Morocco
Comedian Jamel Debbouze's troubled business ventures in Morocco

The annual comedy event that the French-Moroccan stand-up comic and film actor launched in Marrakech has just been cancelled, the latest in a series of setbacks Debbouze has suffered in his business affairs in Morocco.

Subscribers only Business 01.05.2023

Jamel Debbouze during the Cesar Film Awards in Paris, on February 2023.

Libya
French diplomats prepare Libyan summit in Paris

Paris is hoping to bring together the security forces from Libya's east and west for a summit in the French capital. This meeting is prepared behind the scenes by the French president's diplomatic adviser on Libya, Paul Soler.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.04.2023

Libya, Morocco
Explosives specialist Cadex eyes up Libyan market

Morocco's leading civil explosives company Cadex has its sights set on the Libyan market. No small challenge given the country is under a UN arms embargo, which affects explosives for civilian use too.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 28.04.2023

Algeria
General Hallouz comes out of retirement to take lead on international cooperation

Essentially inactive since its creation, Algeria's international cooperation agency now has a new director in retired general Abed Halouze and a billion-dollar budget.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.04.2023

Tunisia
Foreign minister Nabil Ammar sacks head of Europe department

Nommé en février, le nouveau ministre tunisien des affaires étrangères, Nabil Ammar, impose peu à peu à sa marque. Sans bruit, il a limogé mi-mars le directeur général pour l'Europe, l'Union européenne et la Méditerranée du ministère, Khalil Tazarki.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.04.2023

Spotlight | Libya
Security group GardaWorld placed under investigation and ordered to leave Libya

Following the arrest of several members of its staff on 12 April, Canadian private security giant Gardaworld is being investigated by Libya's internal intelligence services. Its contracts in Libya are under threat.

Free access Defence, Business 26.04.2023

Grounded aircrafts sit on the tarmac at Mitiga International Airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli on 8 April 2019, where several GardaWorld employees were arrested on 12 April.

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Samsung was one of three companies bidding for the contract to build a polypropylene plant in Arzew in Algeria but escalating costs have forced it to withdraw its bid.

Subscribers only Business 26.04.2023

A polypropylene complex is set to be contructed next to the liquefied petroleum gas refinery in Arzew, pictured here on 30 July 2007.

Morocco
Cash-strapped power & water utility renews vehicle fleet

The Office national de l'électricité et de l'eau potable (ONEE) has just selected the offers of Chaabi LLD and Wafa LLD for its long-term vehicle leasing contract, the subject of a call for tenders that was awarded on 4 April 2023.

Subscribers only Business 26.04.2023

Egypt
MbZ's brother wants to get hands on Cairo's prized plot of land

The brother of UAE president Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan is poised and ready to acquire the plot of land on which ex-President Hosni Mubarak's headquarters stood until 2011. The Emirati royal family has reportedly conditioned this acquisition on other investments to come.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 25.04.2023

Aerial view of Tahrir Square in Cairo. The area on sale is shown in orange.

Morocco
French Senate trip postponed indefinitely

A delegation from the French Senate was supposed to travel to Rabat at the end of this month, but the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs decided otherwise. This is a clear sign of tension between France and Morocco.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.04.2023

French Senate President Gérard Larcher, 3 November 2022.

Algeria
Boughezoul city progress shrouded in uncertainty

While the vast urban build in Boughezoul is back on the cards thanks to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and rising oil and gas prices, it is running far behind schedule. The minister in charge has yet to pick a property developer for the project due to a lack of credible candidates.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 24.04.2023

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Morocco
OCP negotiates partnership with Paris Peace Forum

Algeria
President Tebboune rejigs foreign ministry after Lamamra departure

Mauritania, Tunisia
Jordan enters race for top Union for the Mediterranean seat

Libya
Emirati ADNOC gets into Ghadames basin game

Egypt
Sudan war deals fresh blow to struggling Egyptian economy

Inner Circle | Egypt
Ayman Soliman and Mohamed Amin mastermind sovereign fund's Gulf strategy

Algeria
Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

Tunisia
SONEDE awards major contracts to boost water supplies

Egypt
Trade minister to visit Turkey to promote investment in Egypt

Algeria
Algeria plans to reinstate 'green circuit' for major importers and exporters

Morocco
Brahim Mojahid returns to Tiznit-Laâyoune-Dakhla expressway project

Morocco
French group Alstom in a pickle in Casablanca

Morocco
Where has the new development model gone?

Algeria
Medical equipment supplier Industries Médico-Chirurgicales under investigation

Morocco
Comedian Jamel Debbouze's troubled business ventures in Morocco

Libya
French diplomats prepare Libyan summit in Paris

Libya, Morocco
Explosives specialist Cadex eyes up Libyan market

Algeria
General Hallouz comes out of retirement to take lead on international cooperation

Tunisia
Foreign minister Nabil Ammar sacks head of Europe department

Spotlight | Libya
Security group GardaWorld placed under investigation and ordered to leave Libya

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Morocco
Cash-strapped power & water utility renews vehicle fleet

Egypt
MbZ's brother wants to get hands on Cairo's prized plot of land

Morocco
French Senate trip postponed indefinitely

Algeria
Boughezoul city progress shrouded in uncertainty

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North Africa

Morocco OCP negotiates partnership with Paris Peace Forum

Algeria President Tebboune rejigs foreign ministry after Lamamra departure

Mauritania, Tunisia Jordan enters race for top Union for the Mediterranean seat

Libya Emirati ADNOC gets into Ghadames basin game

Egypt Sudan war deals fresh blow to struggling Egyptian economy

Inner Circle | Egypt Ayman Soliman and Mohamed Amin mastermind sovereign fund's Gulf strategy

Algeria Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

Tunisia SONEDE awards major contracts to boost water supplies

Egypt Trade minister to visit Turkey to promote investment in Egypt

Algeria Algeria plans to reinstate 'green circuit' for major importers and exporters

Morocco Brahim Mojahid returns to Tiznit-Laâyoune-Dakhla expressway project

Morocco French group Alstom in a pickle in Casablanca

Morocco Where has the new development model gone?

Algeria Medical equipment supplier Industries Médico-Chirurgicales under investigation

Morocco Comedian Jamel Debbouze's troubled business ventures in Morocco

Libya French diplomats prepare Libyan summit in Paris

Libya, Morocco Explosives specialist Cadex eyes up Libyan market

Algeria General Hallouz comes out of retirement to take lead on international cooperation

Tunisia Foreign minister Nabil Ammar sacks head of Europe department

Spotlight | Libya Security group GardaWorld placed under investigation and ordered to leave Libya

Algeria Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Morocco Cash-strapped power & water utility renews vehicle fleet

Egypt MbZ's brother wants to get hands on Cairo's prized plot of land

Morocco French Senate trip postponed indefinitely

Algeria Boughezoul city progress shrouded in uncertainty

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Morocco
OCP negotiates partnership with Paris Peace Forum

Algeria
President Tebboune rejigs foreign ministry after Lamamra departure

Mauritania, Tunisia
Jordan enters race for top Union for the Mediterranean seat

Libya
Emirati ADNOC gets into Ghadames basin game

Egypt
Sudan war deals fresh blow to struggling Egyptian economy

Inner Circle | Egypt
Ayman Soliman and Mohamed Amin mastermind sovereign fund's Gulf strategy

Algeria
Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

Tunisia
SONEDE awards major contracts to boost water supplies

Egypt
Trade minister to visit Turkey to promote investment in Egypt

Algeria
Algeria plans to reinstate 'green circuit' for major importers and exporters

Morocco
Brahim Mojahid returns to Tiznit-Laâyoune-Dakhla expressway project

Morocco
French group Alstom in a pickle in Casablanca

Morocco
Where has the new development model gone?

Algeria
Medical equipment supplier Industries Médico-Chirurgicales under investigation

Morocco
Comedian Jamel Debbouze's troubled business ventures in Morocco

Libya
French diplomats prepare Libyan summit in Paris

Libya, Morocco
Explosives specialist Cadex eyes up Libyan market

Algeria
General Hallouz comes out of retirement to take lead on international cooperation

Tunisia
Foreign minister Nabil Ammar sacks head of Europe department

Spotlight | Libya
Security group GardaWorld placed under investigation and ordered to leave Libya

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Morocco
Cash-strapped power & water utility renews vehicle fleet

Egypt
MbZ's brother wants to get hands on Cairo's prized plot of land

Morocco
French Senate trip postponed indefinitely

Algeria
Boughezoul city progress shrouded in uncertainty