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Egypt: Debt payment delayed, Gulf oil grants over, Minister Ismail

Oil Minister Sherif Ismail has announced that the payment of Egypt’s debt to foreign oil companies will be delayed by six months thereby pushing the deadline to the end of next year after Egypt had promised to repay all its debt by mid-2016. He also said there will no longer be oil grants from the […]

Coronavirus: EU sets up humanitarian air bridge to CAR, other African countries

The European Commission has set up an EU humanitarian air bridge to transport humanitarian workers and emergency supplies for the coronavirus response to some of most critical areas around the world. The first EU flight, operated in cooperation with France, is flying from Lyon to the Central African Republic this Friday. It will transport around […]

Covid-19: Lockdown Cuts Dramatically Motorway Traffic in Morocco

The lockdown decided on March 20 by the Moroccan government to prevent the spread of the coronvirus pandemic has led to a sharp fall in Morocco’s motorway traffic. Travel by car on the country’s highways has dropped by 78 pc in one week (March 25-30) and plummeted by 90 pc during the weekend compared with […]