algeria economy

Mali, Niger in meltdown, as both states wage multiple battles against Al-Qaeda

The Niger government has declared three days of national mourning after at least 29 soldiers were killed by suspected terrorists near the country’s border with Mali, whose army is also waging battles against Islamist militants on multiple fronts after the UN peacekeeping mission withdraws. The “three borders” area between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso is […]

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 84,345 in 2018; Deaths Reach 1,777

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 84,345 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 3 October, with 38,451 to Spain, the leading destination this year. The data show a drop in the region’s total arrivals compared with 139,677 arrivals across the region through the same period last year, and 312,153 at […]

Quantom Global Ranks Morocco Most Attractive Business Destination in North Africa

Morocco was ranked the most attractive business destination in North Africa and the second in the continent in the Africa Investment Index 2017 issued by Quantom Global. Morocco took the lead in North Africa thanks to multiple factors including economic growth, strategic geographic positioning, increased foreign direct investment, import cover ratio, and an overall favorable […]