North Africa’s Economy
Algeria: Labor unrest intensifies as general prices rise. Country’s outlook compromised
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan launch another attempt at negotiations over Nile dam
Egypt: Negotiations over Ethiopian dam project going nowhere
Egypt: Suez Canal reopens after container ship refloated
Egypt: Container ship still stuck in Suez Canal
Egypt: Russia marketing its Northern Sea route as alternative to Suez Canal
Russia cheekily pushed the Northern Sea Route on Thursday as an "alternative" to Egypt's Suez Canal after a huge container ship blocked the busy shipping lane. President Vladimir Putin has long promoted the passage along the country's Siberian coast as a rival to the...
Egypt: Single container ship cripples Suez Canal traffic
By Farid Farid - The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal said Thursday they faced "extreme difficulty" refloating it, as Egypt temporarily closed one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's advisor on...
Tunisia launches first domestically made satellite
Business: With a choking tourism industry, Morocco’s craftsmen face daunting outlook
By Redouane Benmehdi - Hundreds of thousands of Moroccan craftsmen are facing a daunting future as the government’s Covid-19 policies have resulted in their isolation and lack of effective financial support. The pandemic has starved the craftsmen from their usual...
Libya: Finally Afriqiyah Airways resumes Benghazi-Misrata service after a seven-year state of war
Flights between the eastern Libya city of Benghazi and the western city of Misrata were restored Tuesday after a near seven year absence, the latest tentative step towards national reconciliation. An Afriqiyah Airways plane that took off from Benghazi touched down at...