Morocco’s leading banking group, Attijariwafa bank, has submitted a bid to take over British Barclay’s Egypt branch, a source close to the Moroccan institution told Reuters. The transaction has been estimated at $400 million. Barclay has decided to get rid of its Egypt’s branch as part of structural adjustment policy in a move to generate […]
Rising global temperatures could trigger an abrupt transition in weather patterns in Africa’s driest region, the Sahel, through an increase in rainfall that would turn the area green within decades, said scientists in a report published in Earth System Dynamics. The Sahel, home to 100 million people, has seen worsening extreme weather, including more frequent […]
Netanyahu wants a new round of peace talks with Palestine to begin after holding talks with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. A source told local Israeli newspaper Haaretz that Netanyahu thinks that the negotiations are necessary because “it’s clear there are areas that will remain under Israeli control under any agreement, just as it’s […]
