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Egypt attracts around 500,000 tourists in Q1

About 500,000 tourists visited Egypt during the first quarter of 2021, bringing to the country between $600-800 million in tourism revenues, reports say. Egypt re-opened its border for international flights in June last year amid the pandemic which forced the country to close its borders like the majority of other countries around the world. Sky […]

Niger’s coup aborts Algeria’s pipeline dream

The military coup in Niger has added political instability to terrorism risks in a region beset with violent extremism and weak states making Algeria’s ambitions to establish a gas pipeline channelling Nigerian gas an unfeasible project. Algeria has for long fantasized about a pipeline to transport Nigerian gas to Europe, a project that has been […]

Sahara: UN Security Council briefed on challenges to UN-led political process

The UN Security Council was briefed on Tuesday behind closed doors by MINURSO Chief Alexander Ivanko and UN Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura on latest developments on the ground, the stands of all parties to the conflict, and the challenges facing the UN-led process to achieve a lasting & peaceful solution to the Sahara issue. […]