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Mauritania: Inter-Maghreb investment to be promoted

The economic integration of the Maghreb is being discussed for the fifth time at the regional congress in Nouakchott organized by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Participants at the congress vary from different walks of life ranging from ministers, governors from issuing banks, financial experts, economists […]

European Union’s Post-Mali ‘Africa Strategy’: Still a ‘Normative-Civilian-Soft Power’?

North and West Africa are facing a complex set of challenges in terms of democratic transition and consolidation, a growing prominence of Islamist influence, and potential knock-on effects of recent socio-political transformations. Adding to this complexity is Africa’s raising geopolitical importance that is evident in the growing interest of other extra-territorial powers, such as China, […]

Danish group to construct cement plant in El Jadida

The Denmark-based global engineering company FLSmidth will participate in the construction of a new cement plant in the region of El Jadida under a subcontracting deal with the Moroccan company TEKCIM. Tekcim had won the tender to build the MAD 2.6 billion ($274 million) cement plant in Ouled Ghanem in the province of El Jadida, […]