Post Covid-19 Crisis: Rabat calls for new cooperation model with EU

Morocco and the European Union discussed on Monday new partnership opportunities in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic which has affected global trade and economy. During videoconference talks with the European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, Moroccan minister of Industry and Trade Moulay Hafid Elalamy called for “a deep review of the EU- Morocco partnership” […]

Egypt-Algeria: Business Renaissance Wanted

After more than three years of limited business transactions between Algeria and Egypt due to the heavily contested FIFA World Cup qualifying match which was won by Algeria in 2009, businessmen in Egypt are willing to have a renaissance. They are planning on establishing an industrial zone within Algeria in an attempt to create and […]

Libya: Tension in Zintan region after officer’s kidnapping

In Libya, oil infrastructure is once again being used as leverage to pressure the Tripoli Government. On Tuesday, residents of Zintan shut down the oil valves in protest over the kidnapping last Wednesday of Brigadier General Mustafa al-Whayshi, the director of the Central Security Department within the intelligence service. His kidnappers have not yet come […]