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S&P Lowers Egypt’s Credit Rating Outlook to Negative

World rating agency Standard & Poors has downgraded its long-term foreign- and local-currency sovereign credit ratings of Egypt to ‘B-‘ from ‘B’. It has also switched its outlook is negative, citing recent political developments that weakened Egypt’s institutions and the increasingly polarized political discourse that could undermine the effectiveness of policy-making. According to S&P, a […]

Mauritania Wants to Attract More Moroccan Investors

Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed called on Moroccan businessmen to grab the investment opportunities offered in his country. The Mauritanian minister who paid a two-day visit to Rabat sept.20-21 stressed the need for stepping up bilateral ties at all levels particularly in the economic field. He said Mauritania offers investment opportunities in the […]

Counterterrorism: Australian Think-Thank Deplores Lack of Collective Efforts in Maghreb

Maghreb countries continue to make independent counterterrorism (CT) efforts, without much development of multilateral regional initiatives, says Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). In its Counterterrorism Yearbook 2018, ASPI deplores lack of coordination between Maghreb countries in the fight against the terrorism threat. Morocco has many times urged Algerian authorities to coordinate CT actions against jihadists […]