Economic Prospects for North Africa:Managing Risks and Expanding Opportunities

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. Egypt’s gross domestic product contracted by about 3 percent in the second quarter of 2013 while the growth rate amounted to only 2 percent last year, when compared to 2.3 […]

SDX Confirms ‘Significant’ Gas Discovery in Northern Morocco

North Africa focused oil and gas company SDX Energy Inc announced “significant” gas discovery in its LNB-1 well on the Lalla Mimouna permit in northwestern Morocco. The company also announced that it has unearthed two new discoveries, one stands out as it is unlike the company’s other recent discoveries onshore Morocco. the company said in […]

Morocco: Arrest of two ISIS-affiliated suspects

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) arrested two suspects affiliated with ISIS on Tuesday.   A statement from the BCIJ, which works under the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), said that the suspects were active in Ait Melloul, a city in the suburban area of Agadir and Oulad Berhil in the Taroudant Province. […]