Egypt: Money bag Sawiris wants to save illegal migrants

Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris invited Greece and Italy to let him buy an island where he will house illegal migrants fleeing their counties. Sawiris said his offer will help migrants start a new life and build their own country. “Greece or Italy sell me an island, I’ll declare its independence and host the migrants […]

Morocco’s counterterrorism strategy reviewed at meeting with CTED executive director

Morocco’s counterterrorism strategy and the measures adopted by the Kingdom to counter violent extremism were reviewed at a meeting held Friday in Rabat between visiting executive director of the UN Security Council Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) and Moroccan Foreign Minister.   “We examined the state of the terrorist threat in Morocco and the MENA […]

Senegal: AfDB provides €60 million for ambitious agriculture project

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a €87.6 million loan to Senegal, to implement its Water Development Project for the development of value chains (PROVALE-CV). The loan will be co-financed by the Bank in the amount of €60.8 million (for a project whose total cost is estimated at €122 million) […]