By shifting its Africa policy from humanitarian aid to commercial diplomacy, the Trump administration has signaled a dramatic reorientation of US engagement in the Sahel. Centered on trade, security cooperation, and access to strategic minerals, this pivot marks a departure from decades of aid-focused partnerships and reflects broader geopolitical recalibrations in a region increasingly courted […]
Last December, the U.N. Security Council passed a cautious resolution that outlined steps to be taken before an international military intervention into Mali to deal with the deteriorating security situation in the country. But in a surprise move on 11 January, French President Francois Hollande authorized airstrikes in Mali to stop a sudden southward push […]
A total of 443,535,902 shares of the ‘’National Société Générale Bank’’ (NSGB) have been acquired by the Qatar National Bank (QNB) at a selling price of EGP 35.65 per share. The 100% acquisition of the shares cost the Qatari bank EGP 16.142bn. The NSGB is a subsidiary of the French Société Générale Bank in Egypt. […]
