Morocco’s Anchois gas field

Ethiopia: millions starving as US, UN suspend aid after massive theft

As the United States and the United Nations demand that Ethiopia’s government yield its control over the vast aid delivery system supporting one-sixth of the country’s population, reports are emerging of the first deaths from starvation due to the suspension of their food aid to Africa’s second-most populous nation. The urgently needed grain and oil […]

Egypt’s central bank hires Barclays Bank to advise on sale of stakes in United Bank

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has handpicked Barclays Bank as an international sell-side advisor for the sale of its 99% stake in the state-owned United Bank, Egypt Today reports. Barclays will work alongside local financial advisor, CI Capital, the media also notes. United Bank is one of the 32 state-owned companies the Egyptian government […]

U.S. report decries deteriorating human rights situation & growing repression in Algeria

The human rights situation in Algeria deteriorated in 2023 due to increased repression and violation of the freedoms of expression, press, assembly, and association, says the U.S State Department in its latest annual country report on the human rights situation in Algeria. The report cites documented cases of torture, arbitrary arrests, and inhuman treatment of […]