Category: Features

Morsi’s Supporters Acquitted: Freedom of Speech at Stake?

February 4, 2014

An Al Jazeera cameraman who has been in detention in Egypt has been acquitted along with 61 other defendants. The men, most of whom have ... Read More

Tunisia counts on Algeria to fight terrorism

February 3, 2014

For his first official visit since taking office, Tunisian Interim Prime Minister Mehdi Jommaa escorted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mongi Hamdi, honored the invitation ... Read More

Libya drags Goldman Sachs to court

January 31, 2014

A suit has been filed against Goldman Sachs in London’s high court, by Libya’s sovereign investment fund, for making a profit of $350 million from ... Read More

Morocco to Launch a New Housing Program

January 31, 2014

Morocco’s long-awaited housing program for the middle class is about to be launched. The country’s housing minister, Nabil Benabdallah, announce that the new program wouuld ... Read More

Tunisia reinforces cooperation with Iran

January 30, 2014

New trade and economic agreements were made between Iran and Tunisiain a meeting held bythe Head of Iran’s Zanjan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Gholam-Hossein ... Read More

Egypt’s Army Chief Sisi Endorsed to Run for Presidency

January 30, 2014

A presidential bid by the Egypts’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been endorsed by the country’s military body earlier this week. The announcement came ... Read More

EU Troops Authorized to Use Force in CAR

January 30, 2014

A resolution authorising European Union troops to use force in the Central African Republic (CAR), which has been torn apart by inter-religious violence over the ... Read More

Morocco: Territorial Management, no Longer the Preserve of Men

January 29, 2014

For the first time in Morocco’s history, a woman has been appointed earlier this month Wali (senior prefect) of the north-western region of Gharb -Chrarda- ... Read More

Algeria:‘’In Amenas’’ gas plant back to full capacity in weeks

January 29, 2014

After last year’s attack on the ‘’In Amenas’’ gas plant by Islamist militants, which left 39 foreigners and one Algerian dead during a four-day siege, ... Read More

Mauritania : A New Investment Hub for Arab FDI?

January 29, 2014

About 500 entrepreneurs from the Gulf States, the Maghreb, Europe, and Mauritania, as well as officers of a number of different international organizations, attended the ... Read More