CHAN 2018

South Africa emerges as BRICS automotive powerhouse amid global trade shifts

South Africa is fast becoming the new battleground for global automakers, with Chinese and Indian car manufacturers racing to establish a stronghold in Africa’s most developed economy. Amid strained U.S. trade relations and shifting global dynamics, brands like Leapmotor, LDV, and Tata Motors are investing heavily in South Africa to access the broader African market. […]

Morocco appointed co-facilitator of UN Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness & Response

Morocco, in the person of its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, has been appointed by President of the UN General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, to co-facilitate, with Israeli peer Gilad Erdan, the first-ever UN process of negotiation of the political declaration that will crown the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the […]

Saudi, Qatari investors may follow UAE in ‘buying up’ Egypt’s coastline

Only days after the announced $35 billion deal with the UAE for the development of Ras al-Hekma on its Mediterranean coast, Egypt is reportedly also targeting investors from Qatar and Saudi Arabia offering them prime Red Sea coastal land in Ras al-Ghamila in South Sinai for sale as part of Cairo’s attempt to inject cash […]