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Algeria: Cevital billionaire boss fears for his arrest

Algerian business tycoon Issad Rebrab said in an interview from Brazil that Algerian authorities want to arrest him on cooked bases. “Those people need not an arrest warrant to arrest me. I have received some information from reliable sources that they will arrest me as soon as I return to Algeria in order to silence […]

EU to Dispatch Forces to CAR Divided by “Deep, Ingrained Hatred”

European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday (20 January) agreed to dispatch a battalion-sized force counting up to 1,000 soldiers to Central African Republic (CAR) to help to stabilize the war-torn African country. Being effectively the EU’s first major army operation in six years, the intervention by the 28-nation bloc comes after UN […]

Automotive industry: Turkish Martur Fompak injects over $35 million in new factory in Tangier

Turkish automotive supplier Martur Fompak International inaugurated an industrial plant on Tuesday, March 1 in Tangier Automotive City.   Built over 38,487 m², the plant required an investment of more than $35.6 million (340 million dirhams) and will allow the creation of 1,150 jobs.   Located in one of Morocco’s biggest industrial zones, the factory […]