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EGYPT Business Diplomacy 06/10/2022

Sisi blows hot and cold on reopening of Al Jazeera's Cairo office

The Egyptian president with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, on 13 September 2022. © Amiri Diwan of the State of Qata/Anadolu Agency via AFP

EGYPT LIBYA 06/10/2022

Tensions between Cairo and Tripoli paralyse Arab League

The European Union-Arab League gathering scheduled to take place in Cairo on 10 October is likely to be postponed indefinitely. [...]

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EGYPT Infrastructures 05/10/2022

Suez Canal ports whet Gulf appetites

Shipping container boats cross the Gulf of Suez towards the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, in Ain Sokhna, Egypt on 24 April 2017. © Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

EGYPT Business 05/10/2022

Construction moving at snail's pace on Egypt's huge new capital in the desert

The Central Business District (CBD) project in Egypt's new administrative capital, on 19 July 2022. © CSCEC Egypt /Xinhua via AFP

ALGERIA Mining 05/10/2022

Tala Hamza zinc deposit still at a standstill as it hits new hurdle

Operations on Tala Hamza zinc and lead mine located near Béjaia were scheduled to start on 1 September, but new opposition, driven by local inhabitants who claim to lack valid property deeds, has stalled the launch for now. [...]

AUSTRALIA MOROCCO WESTERN SAHARA Mining Commodity traders 04/10/2022

OCP resumes Western Sahara phosphate exports to Australia

Faced with supply difficulties linked to Russia's war on Ukraine, the Australian fertiliser producer Incitec Pivot has restarted its imports of phosphates from the Boucraa mine in the Sahara, operated by OCP. It had stopped sourcing there in 2016, after protest from Scandinavian shareholders. [...]

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TUNISIA Diplomacy 04/10/2022

Tunisia leaves a growing number of embassies empty

There are currently 21 vacant positions in the Tunisian diplomatic corps, most recently, Ambassador Moez Sinaoui, who left Rome mid-September when his posting expired. [...]

MOROCCO Business 03/10/2022

Coca-Cola boils down bottling providers to just ECCBC

The US drinks giant is restructuring its bottling circuits in the kingdom. Its aim is to work with a single local supplier and increase market concentration. [...]

Unloading a cargo of Coca Cola in the Jemaa el-Fna square in Morocco.

ALGERIA Business 03/10/2022

Béni Saf cement producer loses appeal against former Saudi shareholder

On 13 September, the Paris appeals court dismissed an appeal from Société des Ciments de Béni Saf (SCIBS) against its former manager, the Saudi group Pharaon Commercial Investment. [...]

EGYPT Infrastructures 30/09/2022

Colas and Orascom bid for €1.7bn Alexandria subway facelift

Egypt has launched a call for tenders for the modernisation of a subway line in the country's second city, and French and Egyptian giants Colas and Orascom are finalising their bids. [...]

LIBYA Finance 30/09/2022

EU Court of Justice lifts sanctions on LAICO

On 28 September, the Libyan African Investment Company (LAICO), the [...]

TUNISIA Politics 29/09/2022

EU envisages removing Ben Ali clan from sanctions blacklist

Discussions are underway regarding the possibility of lifting sanctions on members of the Ben Ali clan, which could make it even more difficult to recover assets from Tunisia's former presidential family. [...]

EGYPT Infrastructures Energy 28/09/2022

Egypt and Ethiopia in race to sell electricity to Sudan

Egypt is pitted against Ethiopia in the race to sell electricity to neighbouring Sudan, which is plagued by recurrent power cuts and must respond to growing consumption. [...]

TUNISIA Politics 28/09/2022

Surprise clash erupts between Kais Saied and his provisional magistrates high council

The Higher Council of the Magistrature plans to appoint judges dismissed by Kais Saied as court presidents. This would qualify them to become members of the future new Constitutional Court, something which Saied wants to avoid at all costs. [...]

EGYPT SOUTH SUDAN Infrastructures 27/09/2022

Egyptian moves on White Nile waters divide South Sudanese leaders

Fears over the environmental impact of the dredging of a White Nile tributary by Egypt prompted Silva Kiir in July to put a stop to the project, which has raised fears that it may increase the flow of the Nile downstream. [...]

ALGERIA Business 27/09/2022

Issad Rebrab back in hotseat

Two and half years after being released from custody, Cevital's founder is tangled in a new legal case over a plant in Béjaïa. [...]

CEO of Algerian conglomerate Cevital Issad Rebrab speaks during the 6th EU-Africa Business Forum on November 27, 2017, in Abidjan, ahead of the African Union - European Union summit.

NORTH AFRICA ALGERIA Infrastructures 26/09/2022

China's CRCC in Algiers' bad books over East-West motorway delays

The China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) is at odds with the Algerian authorities over the delivery of the road linking Bejaia to the East-West motorway. With many hurdles hampering the works, the road may well end up taking several more years to complete. [...]

NORTH AFRICA GERMANY TUNISIA 26/09/2022

Tunisian intelligence specialist appointed Military Attaché in Berlin

In charge of Tunisian foreign intelligence, Colonel Major Ben H. is soon to be appointed Defence Attaché to the Tunisian Embassy in Germany. [...]

ALGERIA Infrastructures 23/09/2022

Bejaia port extension to resume after 5-year hiatus

Algeria's second biggest port, which is set to play a crucial role in a number of industrial and mining projects, is to relaunch the extension project it began in 2017. Five new quays are to be built and China's CHEC has been contacted for the dredging of the port's existing docks. [...]

EGYPT FRANCE Politics Diplomacy 23/09/2022

Senate president due in Paris to revive Franco-Egyptian friendship group

The upper house of the Egyptian parliament was dissolved in 2013 but was re-established by President Sisi after the 2019 constitutional referendum. The formation of a bi-national group would further enhance the already strong relationship between the two countries. [...]

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Sisi blows hot and cold on reopening of Al Jazeera's Cairo office

Tensions between Cairo and Tripoli paralyse Arab League

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Béni Saf cement producer loses appeal against former Saudi shareholder

Colas and Orascom bid for €1.7bn Alexandria subway facelift

EU Court of Justice lifts sanctions on LAICO

EU envisages removing Ben Ali clan from sanctions blacklist

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Surprise clash erupts between Kais Saied and his provisional magistrates high council

Egyptian moves on White Nile waters divide South Sudanese leaders

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China's CRCC in Algiers' bad books over East-West motorway delays

Tunisian intelligence specialist appointed Military Attaché in Berlin

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