Category: North Africa
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Morocco: Air Tanzania for Direct Flights to Morocco Soon
Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) and Moroccan Royal Air Maroc are scheduled to sign a codeshare agreement to open direct flight between Dar es Salaam and Rabat. Speaking shortly after signing the 21 bilateral deals between Tanzania and Morocco in the city yesterday, President John Magufuli said he had principally agreed with his visitor to…
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Tanzania: Moroccan King Gets Tumultuous Welcome in Dar
King Mohammed VI of Morocco arrived in the country yesterday for a three-day state visit. The monarch is on the second leg of a tour of East Africa, having visited Rwanda before jetting into Tanzania. King Mohammed and his entourage arrived aboard a Boeing 747 of the Moroccan national carrier, Air Maroc, which touched down…
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Egyptian President Sisi’s Approval Ratings Drop 14 Per Cent – Poll
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s approval rating dropped 14 per cent over the course of two months, according to a new poll conducted by the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera). Baseera’s poll shows that, while 82 per cent expressed their approval of the president’s performance around two months ago, only 68 per cent…
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Rwanda-Morocco Housing Project Construction Kicks Off Early 2017
Construction of affordable housing units by the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) and Palmeraie Development Group is set to kick off early next year, following the signing of a partnership agreement during the visit of King Mohammed VI of Morocco last week. The agreement sealed a partnership between the two bodies to develop 5000 affordable…
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Egypt’s Transportation Ministry Turns to Solar Energy
Egypt’s Ministry of Transportation said on Monday that it will use the roofs of government buildings and affiliated agencies to establish solar power stations. Egypt has been taking measures recently to diversify sources of energy, in a bid to face increasing demand. In a statement, the ministry said that above-ground metro stations will be among…
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Algeria: Revised Investment Bill to Help Algeria Attract More FDI, Says IMF
The revision of Investment Bill will help Algeria to attract an important flow of Foreign Direct Investment, forecast the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its report on the prospects of growth for the region of Middle-East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (Moanap), the Fund said that the countries like Algeria, Saudi Arabia or Qatar which…
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Rwanda: Moroccans to Venture Into Rwanda Agriculture Sector
Rwanda and the Kingdom of Morocco, yesterday, signed bilateral pacts that could turn around Rwanda’s agriculture sector in terms of productivity and cutting cost of operation. The agreements were signed in the presence of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and President Paul Kagame at Marriott Hotel, as part of the former’s visit to Rwanda. Geraldine…
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World Bank bemoans growing inequality in sub-Saharan Africa
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A new research released by the World Bank at a forum called “End Poverty” has bemoaned the growing level of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the report, the inequality gap between the poor and the rich has widened due to excess focus on urban development to the neglect of agriculture. Attributing the phenomenon to…
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Egypt: Sugar Shortages Hit Egyptian Markets
After a three-hour hunt for sugar in a number of shops in Giza, one consumer was able to find one bag at a supermarket, but at the price of EGP 10. The same 1 kg bag was sold at EGP 5 about two months ago. “We hear daily that the government has supplied sugar, but…
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Algeria: Finance Minister Meets IMF Chief in Washington
Minister of Finance Hadji Baba Ammi has taken part, in Washington, at the meeting of Arab Finance ministers with the director general of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde. The meeting attended by the governor of the Bank of Algeria, Mohamed Loukal, has been an opportunity for exchange of views on the situation in…