Sahara: UNSG’s envoy Staffan de Mistura to undertake second regional tour in a new geopolitical context

The UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, is expected to undertake a second tour in the region for talks with the parties involved in the Sahara dispute. De Mistura made the announcement Wednesday following the semi-annual closed-door consultations meeting on the Sahara issuea. According to press reports, he said the […]

Egypt will not stop Ethiopia’s development, President Sisi

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that Egypt will not obstruct the development ambitions of neighboring Ethiopia during a visit of a delegation led by Patriarch Abune Matthias. Tensions between the two countries grew when Addis Ababa started building The Great Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile last year. Egypt said the project threatens its […]

Ways to foster expatriates’ investment in Morocco explored at London meeting

A meeting held in London on Friday explored ways for Moroccan expatriates to make the most of the measures put in place by Morocco to increase their investments in their country of origin. Held under the theme “MDM Investments: New Challenges, New Financing, Institutional Responses,” the event is part of a series of conferences initiated […]