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Algeria: Court Blocks Billionaire’s Acquisition of TV, Newspaper Group

An Algerian administrative court on Wednesday upheld its last month provisional ruling cancelling the multimillion dollar takeover of the private El Khabar media group by Ness-Prod, a subsidiary of agribusiness group Cevital owned by billionaire Issad Rebrab. The court ruled that the agreement reached between the two parties is null and that El Khabar’s newspaper […]

Morocco, an Economically Emerging, Politically Stable Country- World Bank Report

The World Bank underscored Morocco’s “undeniable progress over the past fifteen years” saying that the North African Kingdom is on the path of an “emerging and politically stable country”. The report dubbed, “Morocco 2040 – Emerging by Investing in Intangible Capital” underscores that “Morocco has made undeniable progress over the past fifteen years not only […]

Countries dependent on commodities hit 20-year high; Sub Saharan Africa hardest-affected region

The number of countries that depend on commodities has reached its highest level in 20 years, says a new UNCTAD report, noting that commodity dependence affects developing countries almost exclusively. According to the State of Commodity Dependence Report 2019 released last week, dependence on commodities affects 85% of least developed countries, 81% of landlocked developing […]