Category: Features

Tunisia : Technocratic government already proving itself

February 18, 2014

It’s been barely a couple of weeks and Tunisia’s apolitical government, composed of a team of young technocrats, has already started showing high level of ... Read More

Egypt : Tourism industry gets another fatal bomb attack

February 17, 2014

A believed-to-be terrorist actwas carried out on Sunday when a bomb denoted inside or beside a tourist bus in Egypt's Sinai headed to Israel. It ... Read More

Morocco-Tunisia to Strengthen Relations:Reviving ‘Maghreb Union’ High on Agenda

February 17, 2014

Tunisia’s official visit to Morocco led by Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa ended its two-day stay in the country on Thursday (February 13). Both parties were ... Read More

Putin Supports al-Sisi’s Candidature for Egypt’s President

February 15, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he supported Egypt’s Field Marshall Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in his bid for presidency. Mr Sisi visited Moscow in order to ... Read More

Economic Prospects for North Africa:Managing Risks and Expanding Opportunities

February 15, 2014

Three years down the road from the wave of Arab Spring revolutions that affected the Middle East and North Africa region, MENA economies remain depressed. ... Read More

Algeria:Bouteflika,the Ruling Wing and the Upcoming Elections

February 14, 2014

Questions have been raised among presidential candidates and former government officials on whether Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s ailing condition would permit him to run a ... Read More

Red Cross Workers in Mali Abducted by Al Qaeda-Linked Islamists

February 14, 2014

A Red Cross team working in northern Mali has been kidnapped by an al Qaeda-linked Islamist group known as the Movement for Oneness and Jihad ... Read More

Libya, Chemical Weapons Free

February 13, 2014

Libya has become free of all chemical weapons it inherited from dictator Muammar Gaddafi, after having destroyed these banned deadly weapons and completed the disarmament ... Read More

Egypt/Russia: the Russian arms deal

February 13, 2014

On a two-day visit to Moscow, Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was on Wednesday accompanied by Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy to seal ... Read More

UN Warning of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Central African Republic

February 13, 2014

Muslims in the Central African Republic (CAR) were facing “ethno-religious cleansing” as French troops struggle to contain the Christian ‘anti-balaka. militias, warned UN High Commissioner ... Read More