Syria : the “nightmare” might continue
A call has been made by the UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi, to speed up talks between the Syrian Government and opposition to […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
BNP Paribas Regional Investment Company Granted CFC Status
BNP Paribas Regional Investment Company, part of BNP Paribas group, has been granted the Casablanca Finance City Status which allows the bank to use the […]
EIB Lends Egypt € 205 Mln for Energy Project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has lent Egypt € 205 million to enable the North African country carry out a new energy project which consists […]
Brotherhood’s “military wing” presented to Egyptians
In Egypt’s most detailed allegations so far against the Muslim brotherhood on militant attacks, the party of the ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, is being […]
Egypt : the French Investments Revival
In seeking to demonstrate to the French business community its willingness to bring back foreign investments, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Mounir Fakhry […]
Libya Becomes Nuclear Free
What was believed to be the last remnants of Moammar Gadhafi’s lethal arsenal of chemical arms have been tactfully destroyed by the United Nations, United […]
Banks in Saudi Arabia to increase capital
With an enormous growth in deposits which arrived at $344 billion last year according to data released by Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), Saudi banks […]
Tunisia : IMF approval gives hope to Central Bank
A much delayed $506 million loan, part of a two-year $1.76 billion package agreed upon last year, approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was […]
OPEC shares expectations on MENA countries in 2014
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which pumps more than a third of the world’s oil, suffered a cutback of oil production over the […]
Algeria : no more oil plant attacks allowed
In a bid to counter growing threats on its borders, Algeria held numerous operations in areas known to be al-Qaeda strongholds after a security alert […]