Negotiations are underway for the launch of a direct air route between Morocco and China by the end of 2019, head of Morocco’s tourism promotion office ONMT said. The new link will depart either from Morocco’s economic hub Casablanca or from Marrakech, the Kingdom’s tourism hub towards either Beijing or Shanghai, the ONMT chief said. […]
Former Algerian industry minister, Abdeslam Bouchouareb, sentenced in absentia to a total of 100 years in prison, has appealed to French authorities to decline his extradition, citing political persecution amid a purge of the Bouteflika-era officials. Bouchouareb, who served as industry and mines minister from April 2014 to May 2017, rose to prominence under President […]
Companies from the two sides of the Mediterranean have agreed to pen a deal valid for almost two decades. Spain’s Gas Natural Fenosa was a signatory to the deal with Algeria’s Sonatrach for 800mn m³/year of gas for a period of 18 years and for a 10% stake in the 8bn m³/yr in the Medgaz […]
