Tag: Mediterranean

UK Global Ports Holding, Preferred Bidder for Management of Casablanca Cruise Terminal

April 8, 2024

A consortium led by UK’s Global Ports Holding, the world's largest independent cruise port operator, has been awarded by Moroccan authorities “preferred bidder status” to ... Read More

Saudi, Qatari investors may follow UAE in ‘buying up’ Egypt’s coastline

March 6, 2024

Only days after the announced $35 billion deal with the UAE for the development of Ras al-Hekma on its Mediterranean coast, Egypt is reportedly also ... Read More

Egypt inks ‘historic’ $35bn deal with UAE, hoping to ease dollar squeeze, save economy

February 26, 2024

Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a landmark $35 billion investment deal to develop Ras al-Hekma peninsula on the Mediterranean coast that, ... Read More

Six hundred undocumented Egyptians to be deported from Libya

November 7, 2023

Libya has begun the deportation of 600 undocumented Egyptians who sneaked illegally into the oil-rich African country used as a launch-pad for crossing the Mediterranean ... Read More

BP mulls plans to invest $3.5bn in Egypt over next three years

August 30, 2023

British Petroleum (BP), an oil and gas global giant, announced Monday August 28 plans to inject $3.5 billion in Egypt for the next three years. ... Read More

Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea distance from ECOWAS wielding intervention threat in Niger

August 1, 2023

Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea dealt a blow to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after they threw their support behind the junta ... Read More

Egypt extends to three months visa for foreign yachts in bid to boost sector

July 26, 2023

Egypt has decided to grant foreign yacht tourists three-month visas, as opposed to the previous one-month allowance, in a move to boost the sector. The ... Read More

Morocco calls for paradigm shift in how migration is tackled in Mediterranean

July 24, 2023

Morocco’s foreign minister highlighted at an international conference in Rome the King’s vision in favor of a solidarity-approach towards migration that breaks away with the ... Read More

EU Pledges Support to Morocco’s Efforts against Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking

June 6, 2023

The European Union pledges to support Morocco’s efforts to fight the smuggling of migrants and human trafficking in its action plan unveiled Tuesday in Brussels ... Read More

EBRD Forecasts 3.1 % Growth in Morocco in 2023

May 16, 2023

Economic growth in Morocco is expected to pick up to 3.1 per cent in 2023, announced on Tuesday by the European Bank for Reconstruction and ... Read More