Junior executives of Oxy and Chevron, affiliated with the US-Algerian Business Council (USABC) traveled to Algiers on...
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Morocco-Israel trade figures collapsing
Russia-Africa: From weapon sales to economic ties
By Arezki Daoud: Has the war in Ukraine deter Russia from engagement in Africa? Certainly not! We know on the...
Algerian oil firm Sonatrach to resume operations in Libya
Algerian oil and gas giant Sonatrach said Thursday it had signed a deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation to...
Mali’s new leaders are unflinching in face of economic turmoil
By Amaury Hauchard: Mali's ruling military junta has appeared unflinching so far in the face of economic sanctions...
Energy: Morocco secures gas supply from Spain
Spain on Thursday said it would help Morocco ensure its energy security by allowing it to transport supplies through...
Business: Production in four Libyan oil fields resumes
Production has resumed at four key oil fields in war-torn Libya after a three-week shutdown by gunmen linked to...
Business: Egypt says it earned more than $6 billion in Suez Canal transit fees
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said the key waterway netted record revenues last year, despite the coronavirus pandemic...
Libya: Rival central banks reach deal to reunite
Libya's rival central banks said on Monday they had reached a reunification deal, seven years after they divided as...
Libya restores maritime link with Turkey after a 40-year break
A ferry set sail on Wednesday from the Libyan port of Misrata to Turkey's coastal city of Izmir, 40 years after the...
Tunisia seeks IMF support for a $4 billion loan
The IMF has received a request for aid from the new government in Tunisia and discussions over a new loan program have...
Algeria: Series of audits unveils dismal practices and secrecy in public fund management
Operating outside of the democratic principals and without any legitimacy, the various regimes that governed Algeria...
Egypt: The business of money-pooling apps in Egypt
By Hager Harabech Cash-strapped Egyptians fearful of banks have long relied on a "gameya" to access money in time of...
Organic farming in the Maghreb: Tunisia ahead, Morocco trails, Algeria is far behind
By Kaouther Larbi and Françoise Kadri Proudly displaying her freshly picked pomegranates, Tunisian farmer Sarah Shili...
Business: Dahbia gets international recognition for excellence in olive oil
By Abdellah Cheballah Hakim Alileche left a successful career in graphic design and moved to the Algerian countryside...
As Tunisia runs out of cash, president calls on people to pitch in, not in direct TV speech but in cabinet meeting
President Kais Saied urged Tunisians on Thursday to help replenish state coffers and overcome the country's financial...
North Africa’s skilled workers looking to leave their countries in droves
Subscriber access: Algeria is experiencing a mass exodus of medical doctors and other skilled professionals,...
Egypt: Access toll on Suez Canal increases by 6%
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said Thursday it will hike transit tolls on the key waterway by six percent, after...
Algeria to halt gas exports to Spain via Morocco
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday ordered state energy firm Sonatrach to halt gas exports to Spain...
Elusive peace: Libyan militias damage only functioning oil refinery during violent clash
Libya's only operational oil refinery was "severely" damaged after gunmen battled for three hours around the complex,...
Morocco: Public investment to consumer $27 billion next year
Morocco will spend a record 23 billion euros ($27 billion) on public investment in the coming year to right an economy...
Business: Algeria puts an end to Maghreb pipeline
Algeria will from now on deliver its natural gas to Spain exclusively through an undersea pipeline, ministers from...
Libyan’s electricity crisis
By Hamza Mekouar: Walk down any commercial street in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the pavements will be lined with...
Algeria says it will end natural gas transiting deal with Morocco
Algeria said Thursday it was ready to divert all its Spain-bound natural gas exports via an undersea pipeline that...
Libya: Countries jockeying for lucrative projects in Libya when stability returns
By Hamza Mekouar A decade after Libya descended into chaos, a host of countries are eyeing potential...
Tunisian president accuses hundreds of businessmen of corruption
By Romain Fonsegrives: Tunisia's President Kais Saied accused 460 businessmen of embezzlement as he declared a...
Covid-19: Sputnik V and Sinovac vaccines will be manufactured in Constantine, Algeria
Algeria will manufacture the Chinese coronavirus vaccine Sinovac locally, the government announced Saturday, in a...
Libya’s normalization efforts at an impasse
The UN envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, on Thursday warned of an impasse in the political, security and budgetary plans for...
Tunisia’s model seaweed farming
By Kaouther Larbi Wading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed, in...
Egypt’s foreign debt increases with more IMF loan
The IMF executive board on Wednesday saidit had approved Egypt's request for a $1.7 billion loan, its final...
Libya: In sign of reconciliation, Tripoli and Tobruk resume air link
Flights have resumed between Libya's capital Tripoli and the eastern city of Tobruk after a break of several years, as...
Morocco: Israir to link Tel Aviv to Marrakesh in July
Israir will launch direct flights between Israel and Morocco's Marrakesh in July, the Israeli carrier said on Tuesday,...
Economy: IMF to pump $5 billion more into Egypt
IMF staff on Tuesday announced they had reached an agreement with Egypt over an economic program that would release...
Morocco is finally about to legalize use of cannabis, but not for recreational purposes yet
Moroccan lawmakers on Wednesday approved a law legalising the therapeutic use of cannabis, bringing one of the world's...
Egypt softens stance against Shoei Kisen Kaisha in compensation claim over Suez blockade
Egypt has slashed millions of dollars off its compensation claim against the Japanese owner of a megaship that blocked...
Egypt: Suez Canal about to get bigger after stranded ship crippled traffic for nearly a week
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved Tuesday the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez...
Tunisia: IMF “ready to help” but in no hurry. Painful reforms ahead
The IMF stands "ready" to offer Tunisia an aid package to deal with the current financial crisis, a fund official said...
Tunisia: Tourism sector continues downward crash, revenues in 1Q less than half last year’s ($)
Tourism receipts in Tunisia have experienced a considerable decline of 55% year over year in the first four months of...
Tunisia looking for an IMF bailout
Tunisia will send a delegation to Washington this week to seek global financial support for an economic reform...
Libya: Central Bank-Oil Company feud forces shut down of oil exports from Port of Hariga
Libya's National Oil Corporation said crude exports have been suspended from one of the country's top terminals...
Algeria: Labor unrest intensifies as general prices rise. Country’s outlook compromised
Stress in he Algerian labor market has been intensifying in the face of a dormant government. Government action in...
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan launch another attempt at negotiations over Nile dam
Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan held talks in Kinshasa on Sunday over Addis Ababa's contested giant...
Egypt: Negotiations over Ethiopian dam project going nowhere
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Tuesday that Ethiopia's enormous dam project, upstream on the Nile,...