UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced Wednesday the appointment of Horst Köhler, former President of Germany, as his Personal Envoy for the Sahara. Mr. Köhler brings more than 35 years of experience in government and international organizations, including as President of the Federal Republic of Germany (2004-2010), said the UN spokesman in a statement. He served […]
France’s development agency AFD will pump €100 million into the establishment and management of a wholesale market in Egypt next year. The market will be built in Borg el-Arab; industrial city in the governorate of Alexandria, Arab Finance reports, quoting Minister of Supply Ali Al-Muselhi. A joint Egyptian-French company will be set up to manage […]
Morocco, with an annual production of 140,000 tons, ranks fifth in the list of the world’s largest olive oil producers and exporters, several Moroccan media outlets said. Only six years after the launch of the Green Morocco Plan to boost agricultural production, Morocco managed to bolster its olive production by 70% from 783,000 tons in […]
