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Norwegian Scatec to build 5 gigawatts wind power plant in Egypt

Norwegian renewable power producer Scatec ASA will build a 5 gigawatts wind power plant in the Egyptian city of Sohag, near the Nile, following a $5 billion deal signed with the Egyptian ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy. In line with the deal, the two sides signed Wednesday an agreement for Egypt’s New and Renewable […]

France rejects Algerian government threats against its Ambassador

France has rejected the accusations and threats by the Algerian government against the French Ambassador to Algiers. Algerian communication minister Belhimer, in a statement to Arabic Post, has warned the French Ambassador Francois Gouyette from continuing to meet figures of the Algerian opposition and the pro-democracy Hirak.   “Algeria will not hesitate to take necessary […]

France bears €2 bln burden from 1968 Franco-Algerian accord

A confidential parliamentary report has exposed what lawmakers describe as a “costly imbalance” in Franco-Algerian relations, estimating that France spends €2 billion annually due to the 1968 migration accord, while Algeria continues to obstruct deportations and shirk financial obligations. The agreement, signed six years after Algeria’s independence, was intended to facilitate labor migration during France’s […]