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Algeria Joins Belt and Road Initiative

Algeria is the latest country to join Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). A memorandum of understanding has been signed by officials of the two governments to develop infrastructure and strengthen ties between the two countries through the BRI. According to Algeria Press Service the memorandum was signed by Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel and […]

The Shift to a Multi-polar Global Economy: Are We Prepared to Handle It?

The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) report ‘Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds’ has outlined three global trajectories, or development in the interactions among world’s states, during the next 15-20 years. Under the ‘Reverse Engines’ scenario, mercantilism and protectionism could lead economic globalization to go into reverse, constraining technological breakthroughs required to manage scarce global resources. The […]

Madagascar seeking Moroccan fertilizer investment

President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar announced his country is seeking an investment from Morocco in the fertilizer sector as part of its efforts to achieve farming self-sufficiency, Reuters reports. “We are seeking Moroccan fertilizers as well as investments in the fertilizers’ sector,” Rajoelina, who visited Morocco in October, told Reuters in an email. “We need […]