New Renault-Nissan Alliance plant inaugurated in Tangier, Morocco

Egypt Eyes $10 bln Foreign Investment in Oil, Gas

Egypt is expecting foreign investment in the oil and gas sector to reach about $10 billion in the 2018/19 fiscal year, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla said. According to Molla, Egypt expects foreign investments to total the same amount for the current fiscal year, marking a 25 percent increase from the previous year. Last year […]

Algeria: civil society mobilizes against torture practiced by security services

Algerian NGOs have announced Saturday in Algiers the setting up of a committee to fight torture and violence suffered by prisoners of conscience, after accusations of rape shocked the public opinion.   The testimony in early February of Walid Nekiche, a 25-year-old pro-democracy activist, who claims to have been tortured and sexually assaulted by members […]

Tourism revenue, Morocco heads towards new record

Morocco’s tourism sector is growing at a steady pace breaking all records. Already in the first ten months this year, the number of tourists visiting the country surpassed last year’s level which was a record. In the eleven months this year, Morocco reached a new milestone in terms of revenue. Tourism revenue grew 7.2% to […]