Tunis Financial harbor was the topic of discussion between the Tunisian government and Bahrain’s investment bank Gulf Finance House. The latter wants to develop the harbors aiming to be North Africa’s first offshore financial centre. A high profile delegation from GFH led by acting CEO, Hisham Alrayes, and Lutfi Alzaar, the CEO of Tunis Financial […]
A close aide of the leader of the Islamic State (Isis) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a US air strike on a convoy of militants in Iraq. This operation has fuelled mounting speculation that the Isis Chief was himself killed or injured in the attack because the two men were rarely separate. However, neither […]
Morocco allocated 2.35 billion dirhams to upgrade five of its centuries-old towns and help develop handicrafts and revenue generating activities. At a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI in Marrakesh Monday, measures were introduced to develop the medinas (old towns) of Marrakech, Salé, Meknes, Tetouan and Essaouira. In Marrakech, the project to rehabilitate an old […]
