Category: Features

Economic Prospects for North Africa:Managing Risks and Expanding Opportunities

February 15, 2014

Three years down the road from the wave of Arab Spring revolutions that affected the Middle East and North Africa region, MENA economies remain depressed. ... Read More

Algeria:Bouteflika,the Ruling Wing and the Upcoming Elections

February 14, 2014

Questions have been raised among presidential candidates and former government officials on whether Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s ailing condition would permit him to run a ... Read More

Red Cross Workers in Mali Abducted by Al Qaeda-Linked Islamists

February 14, 2014

A Red Cross team working in northern Mali has been kidnapped by an al Qaeda-linked Islamist group known as the Movement for Oneness and Jihad ... Read More

Libya, Chemical Weapons Free

February 13, 2014

Libya has become free of all chemical weapons it inherited from dictator Muammar Gaddafi, after having destroyed these banned deadly weapons and completed the disarmament ... Read More

Egypt/Russia: the Russian arms deal

February 13, 2014

On a two-day visit to Moscow, Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was on Wednesday accompanied by Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy to seal ... Read More

UN Warning of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Central African Republic

February 13, 2014

Muslims in the Central African Republic (CAR) were facing “ethno-religious cleansing” as French troops struggle to contain the Christian ‘anti-balaka. militias, warned UN High Commissioner ... Read More

European Bank outlines its priorities in Egypt

February 12, 2014

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has placed a great deal of interest in the Egyptian private sector and with a total budget ... Read More

Spanish Security Minister Touring the Sahel:Anti-Terrorism and Regional Integration in Focus

February 12, 2014

Spain’s minister of state for security, Francisco Martinez Vázquez, recently completed his visit to Mauritania and Senegal that started on 4 February. The aim of ... Read More

France won’t fight against terrorists in Libya

February 11, 2014

France on Monday made an announcement refusing Niger’s appeal, last week, for western military action against Islamist fighters who have established bases in Southern Libya ... Read More

Tunisia : a Major Boost to the Country’s Economy

February 10, 2014

In a move to restore its economy after the 2011 uprising, Tunisia plans to issue for the first time an Islamic bond or sukuk worth ... Read More