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Egypt: UK lifts ban on flights to Sharm el-Sheikh

The United Kingdom Tuesday lifted travel restrictions to Egypt’s Red Sea Sharm el-Sheikh resort, four years after the Islamic State group (ISIS) brought down a Russian passenger jet. British authorities in 2015 imposed ban on flights to and from the resort city in reaction to the downing of the aircraft shortly after takeoff. The jet […]

Morocco’s BCP Group acquires majority stakes in Madagascar’s BMOI

Morocco’s Banque Centrale Populaire, BCP, finalized Thursday the acquisition of 71 per cent stakes in Banque de Madagascar et de l’Océan Indien (BMOI), an Antananarivo-based bank owned by French group BPCE (Banque Populaire et Caisse d’épargne). The deal signed at BMOI will enable the BCP to deepen its foothold in the Indian Ocean area and […]

Conference in Dakhla calls for redefining UN approach to Sahara dispute

The 2nd Policy Conference of the Coalition for Autonomy in the Sahara (AUSACO), held tis Week in Dakhla, called for a redefinition of the United Nations’ approach to the Sahara dispute, citing shifting geopolitical dynamics. In the Final Declaration, dubbed the “Dakhla Declaration,” AUSACO members urged a reassessment of the issue’s parameters, and emphasized Morocco’s […]