Business & Economy Bound

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...

By Caroline Nelly Perrot -  Tunisia celebrated the launch Monday of its first domestically made satellite, hoping it would inspire young engineers to reach for the stars at home rather than join those emigrating overseas. Challenge-1, built by a team from...

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...

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...