King Mohammed VI with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Egypt, India launch polyethylene factory in Suez governorate

Egypt and India unveiled Sunday the cornerstone for a polyethylene (PET) production factory to cost a $110 million investment, in Ain Sokhna, Suez governorate. The project is planned to have a production capacity of 30,000 tons per month, Ahram Online reports. The construction will go through two phases, the first starting during the first half […]

Italy: Two Moroccans among 11 nabbed for drug trafficking

Italian security forces [Carabinieri] dismantled Wednesday a drug trafficking network made up of 11 individuals, including 2 Moroccans. Two raids in different locations, Verse and Milan region, led to the arrest of the suspects believed active in large-scale hashish and marijuana trafficking. The drugs are shipped from the North African country with the assistance of […]

Algeria squanders gas wealth to buy social peace, fatten army

Algeria is about to approve the largest budget in its history and in Africa, most of it dedicated to maintain cash-handouts on which its social peace depends and increase spending on the army. Some 125 billion dollars will be budgeted by the government this year, as the country lacks any significant investment or economic project […]