The European Union has included Morocco as well as Algeria and Tunisia to the list of countries whose residents qualify to enter the Schengen area as the bloc gears up to open its borders to the rest of the world amid the covid-19 pandemic. The bloc is set to open its external borders from July […]
France’s development agency AFD will pump €100 million into the establishment and management of a wholesale market in Egypt next year. The market will be built in Borg el-Arab; industrial city in the governorate of Alexandria, Arab Finance reports, quoting Minister of Supply Ali Al-Muselhi. A joint Egyptian-French company will be set up to manage […]
As the expiration of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) approaches in September, former US ambassador to Kenya, Kyle McCarter, has cast doubt on the deal’s renewal, citing its unfavorable terms for the United States. McCarter, who served under the Trump administration, expressed skepticism about the prospects of extending Agoa through the HR 10366-Agoa […]
