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Morocco’s top port operator expands to East Africa

Morocco’s leading port operator, Marsa Maroc, plans to invest in the capital of Djibouti’s Damerjog Oil FZE, which is funding an east African oil and gas terminal and pipelines. Marsa Maroc has created a subsidiary dubbed Marsa Maroc International Logistics to oversee its African expansion. The new company will run the Djibouti investment through its […]

Turkey: Erdoğan calls Turkish for snap elections Nov 01, opposition fumes

Turkish President Erdoğan surprised Turkish politicians Friday when he called Turkish to early elections on November 01 after the interim Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and the head of the AKP party failed to form a coalition. “The date announced [for an early general election] at the moment is Nov. 1. Turkey will, God willing, go […]

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris to visit Tunis

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is planning to visit Tunisia “soon” and would announce resumption of one of his mega projects in the North African country. Sources told Egyptian media Acharaa that Sawiris might meet with “senior officials, including the Tunisian President.”   “The meetings will discuss among others a mega tourism project in one of […]