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Noose Tightens on Polisario as Morocco joins AU’s Peace & Security Council

The return of Morocco to the African Union and its recent membership in the pan-African organization’s most important body, the Peace and Security Council, is vindicating the fears of the Polisario separatists and their mentor, Algeria. As the noose tightens around the Polisario in the Tindouf camps, where combustible factors of unrest, corruption and oppression […]

Cairo-based Hassan Allam Holding mulls plans to invest $150m in Morocco

Egypt’s leading engineering, construction and infrastructure company, Hassan Allam Holding, is considering investing up to $150 million in renewable energy and seawater desalination, in Morocco, the company’s CEO Amr Allam told Asharq Business in an interview. “If we entered a partnership in a renewable energy plant with a capacity between 50 and 100 megawatts (MWs), […]

Foreign debt, another facet of Algeria’s policy inconsistencies

Algeria is reportedly seeking a $3 billion loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to finance a major railway infrastructure project. The loan is still pending approval by the bank’s governing board, which includes key stakeholders such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, countries whose diplomatic ties with Algeria have been strained in […]