The four-day ‘Investing in African Mining Indaba’ that officially kicked off in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday (3 January) features presentations from mining experts, delegates and influential policymakers and also includes discussions on the effects that US tariffs and the freeze on foreign aid might have on Africa’s mining industries. The African mining-focused event […]
Means to promote economic and trade relations between Morocco and Mauritania and the facilitation of investment were at the focus of a meeting held Wednesday in Casablanca between the President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), Chakib Alj, and the President of the National Union of Mauritanian Employers (UNPM), Zein El Abidine Ould […]
The uprising in Syria has led the European Union (EU) to employ an instrument it rarely uses in the Mediterranean: sanctions. Since May 2011, the EU has deployed its sanctions toolbox in support of the anti-regime uprising in Syria. The objective of the EU is to increase pressure on the Assad regime to end repression, […]
