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World
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Region
5/17/2022 11:03:00 AM
The capital of war-battered Libya was rocked by fighting between backers of two rival administrations for several hours Tuesday, threatening renewed chaos in the oil-rich North African country.
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Egypt
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Tourism
5/4/2022 4:02:50 PM
Three-time Grammy Award-winning US band Maroon 5 visited on Wednesday the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square, downtown Cairo, hours after they performed their first concert in the North African country at the great historical sight of the Giza pyramids.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
4/30/2022 4:08:00 PM
Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund Jihad Azour discusses the findings of the World Regional Economic Outlook report for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
4/30/2022 4:06:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly talks to Roberta Gatti, World Bank chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa region, about projections for key Egyptian macroeconomic indices amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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Business
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Economy
4/27/2022 2:02:37 PM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its projection for the real GDP growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to five percent, down from 5.8 percent in 2021.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/21/2022 12:32:48 AM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Wednesday with UK Minister for South Asia, North Africa, the UN and the Commonwealth at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Lord Ahmad boosting British investments in Egypt and the issue of human rights in the country.
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World
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Region
4/17/2022 3:53:17 PM
Libya's national oil company said Sunday it was forced to shut down an oil field amid a political impasse that threatened to drag the North African nation back into armed conflict.
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World
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Region
4/16/2022 9:11:49 PM
A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Saturday. It was the second tragedy in less than a week involving migrants departing from North Africa to seek a better life in Europe.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/12/2022 8:11:45 PM
Natural gas giant Algeria has agreed to boost deliveries to Italy as European countries seek to reduce their reliance on Russian imports over the Ukraine war. But experts say the North African country, despite its vast natural gas reserves, is already exporting at close to full capacity.
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World
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Region
4/3/2022 1:26:53 PM
More than 90 people in an overcrowded boat drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, a prominent humanitarian group said, in the latest tragedy involving migrants departing from North Africa to seek a better life in Europe
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/28/2022 7:00:06 PM
Egypt is a key market for Huawei’s operations in the Middle East, with the company's headquarters for North Africa operations located in Cairo.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/21/2022 3:00:00 PM
The Canada Egypt Business Council (CEBC) and Canada Arab Business Council (CABC) signed on Sunday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Dubai to expand socio-economic bilateral ties and boost trade and investment between Canada and Egypt and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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Egypt
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Society
3/16/2022 1:17:34 PM
The Egyptian Youth Council (EYC) launched on Tuesday the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) first agenda on climate change.
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Business
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Economy
3/14/2022 1:19:16 PM
Households across North Africa are rushing to stock up on flour, semolina and other staples as food prices rise following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, both key wheat exporters to the region.
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World
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Region
3/7/2022 9:43:54 PM
Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on Libya Stephanie Williams on Monday highlighted the need for internal cooperation for "lasting stability" in the North African country.
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World
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Region
2/28/2022 1:18:19 PM
Italy's foreign minister visited Algeria Monday for talks on increasing gas supplies from the North African country to compensate for a possible drop in Russian supplies over the Ukraine conflict.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/23/2022 5:24:10 PM
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto has called on the European Union (EU) to provide Egypt with financial support to help the North African country in its efforts to address irregular migration from Africa to Europe.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
2/22/2022 8:18:19 PM
David Tresilian attended Marseilles exhibition that reconstructs the background and afterlife of French novelist Gustave Flaubert’s North African novel Salammbô, and read the 12th-century Iraqi physician Abdel-Latif al-Baghdadi’s account of his visit to Egypt
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World
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Region
2/21/2022 10:58:28 PM
Morocco has established a new military zone bordering Algeria, a Moroccan military publication said Monday, amid mounting tensions between the two North African countries.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
2/17/2022 1:30:00 PM
A possible Russian invasion of Ukraine will have important impacts on the Middle East and North Africa region.
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