As part of its External Investment Plan, the EU Tuesday gave its green light to a package of financial guarantee programs worth around €800 million. This will help to leverage an estimated €8-9 billion in public and private investment in Africa and the Neighborhood, the European Commission announced in a press release. The decision is […]
The sector of renewable energy could enable Morocco to create up to half a million jobs by 2040, according to a report issued by Mediterranean Forum of Institute of Economic Sciences. Most of these jobs are expected to be created from the Noor-Ouarzazate solar complex, which will host a number of projects based on different […]
The US Treasury has imposed new sanctions, including asset freeze, on several entities and individuals from Libya, Egypt and Malta believed involved in the smuggling of Libyan oil. The new sanctions from the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have targeted six people, twenty-four companies and seven vessels. Assets belonging to targeted individuals and […]
