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Renewable energy: Italy, Tunisia revive plans for 600 MW project

Italy and Tunisia are reviving plans for power interconnection between the two countries. The project has been under development by Italian transmission company Terna and Tunisian gas and electricity group STEG since 2003. The project was originally conceived to export power generated in Tunisia to Italy but is now based on an electricity exchange in […]

Morocco, Egypt call for urgent ceasefire in Gaza and for immediate entry of humanitarian aid

Morocco and Egypt have called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for unrestricted distribution of humanitarian aid to the starving Palestinians. This came during a meeting held in Rabat on Wednesday between Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, and his Egyptian peer Badr Abdel Aty, who is visiting Morocco to convey a written […]

Egypt, IMF to resume negotiations over new program in November

A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Egypt in the first week of November to resume talks over a new loan agreement. Egypt and the Washington-based institution began talks for a new loan for the Middle East country in March. The Arab country has turned to the IFM for a new loan […]