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Blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group is willing to abandon its demand for the return of deposed and jailed Mohamed Morsi as the movement seeks to revamp its image for public acceptance, a document has revealed. A document published by the movement’s Read more
Morocco’s leading Attijariwafa bank group has taken full control of British Barclay’s Egypt branch. The transaction was completed Wednesday, Moroccan online media challenge.ma notes citing the bank. The Moroccan bank in October bought Barclay’s Egypt Branch beating several global bank Read more
The European Union (EU) has pledged to increase its support for Tunisia in all forms, underlining that the North African country is the hope of the region. Tunisia was celebrated this week as the country of honor at the European Read more
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Youssef Chahed on Sunday replaced his Finance Minister as opponents in the North African nation accuse her for the sharp fall of the local currency and slow progress in economic reforms. The prime minister replaced Finance Minister Read more
The Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed failed Thursday to win over protesters in the south-eastern town of Tatouine as the region is ablaze with anti-government demonstrations calling for job creation and social development. The Prime Minister flanked by some other Read more
Foreign direct investments (FDIs) in Tunisia rose 18% to $177.68 million during the first quarter of 2017, as compared to the same period the year before, according to Eco Fin agency, which mentioned statistics released by the Tunisian Foreign Investments Read more
The economies in the region of North Africa & Middle East will grow by 2.6 percent in 2017, down from 3.5 pc posted in 2016, according to the World Bank’s semi-annual MENA Economic Monitor report. But after 2017, thanks to Read more
Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has assured dismayed Tunisians that the economy is on its path to revival with growth registered in the tourism, a good agricultural season expected while the production of phosphate has also increased. His statement on state Read more
Morocco was ranked on top of North African countries as a tourism destination and third in the continent by the World Economic Forum, which has just issued its 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index. Although Morocco lost three ranks over Read more
Algerian and Tunisian officials have downplayed the reports made by the Iranian media following the visit of Iran’s Minister of Culture and Guidance Reza Salehi Amiri to the two countries last week. The reports, which claimed that Algiers and Tunis Read more