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Morocco’s OCP reports record $8.37 billion in Q3 revenue

Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers exporter OCP said its revenue up to September this year grew to 89 billion dirhams or 8.3 billion dollars after the increase in prices and demand in the international market. This performance marks a 55% increase compared to the same period a year earlier thanks also to decreasing Chinese exports, OCP […]

Mauritania: Senate & Ruling Party at Odds over Constitutional Change

Tension is growing between the Mauritanian Senate and the ruling Union pour la Republique party (UPR) over regime’s plans to suppress the chamber without consulting its members as enshrined in the constitution. The Mauritanian regime last month organized a national dialogue to lead to a referendum over the replacement of the senate by regional councils […]

Egypt: Senior military officer killed in roadside bomb in Sinai

An army colonel died Thursday in a roadside bomb attack in the restive Sinai province, reports say. The attack took place outside the city of Bir al-Abd and targeted an armored patrol vehicle in which the military commander was, The New Arab reports citing security and hospital officials. The attack killed five other soldiers also […]