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    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Libya
      Libyan state oil chief stresses support across divided country

      National Oil Corporation chair outlines plans to increase investment and lift production to 2mn b/d

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Libya
      Missing uranium ore in Libya raises nuclear security fears

      Militia group later claims to have recovered the barrels of uranium after worries they had been stolen

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      InterviewMorocco
      Morocco must adapt to growing climate threat, warns finance minister

      Nadia Fettah Alaoui says years of below-average rainfall underscore importance of investment in water technologies

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Tunisia
      Tunisia’s president to dissolve local authorities in latest power grab

      Clampdown by Kais Saied comes as investors fret about critical $1.9bn IMF loan deal

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
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      US defence secretary warns of ‘unthinkable’ Iran-Russia military ties

      Lloyd Austin uses Middle East visit to stress Washington’s commitment to the region

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Syria
      Egyptian official meets Assad as Arab nations re-engage with Syria

      Rare visit by Cairo’s foreign minister is latest signal that regional leaders are moving beyond policy of isolation

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
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      Tunisia’s president accused of stirring racism with ‘reckless’ rhetoric

      African Union accuses Kais Saied of hate speech over comments about sub-Saharan Africans

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
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      In search of the white house of Casablanca

      Could a fine building, said to be the home of djinns, be the origin of the modern name for the Moroccan city?

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
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      Five reasons to retreat to Morocco

      Where to revive your spirits this spring, from the Atlas Mountains to off-grid in the deep south-west

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
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      Egypt’s economic woe spreads across all classes

      Sixty per cent of population deemed poor or vulnerable as inflation and currency crisis bite

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
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      Tunisia launches crackdown on opposition with wave of arrests

      Police seize critics of increasingly authoritarian president Kais Saied

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
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      How Russia’s propaganda machine is reshaping the African narrative

      Moscow taps into continent’s frustrations and historic solidarity with Soviet Union to spread its version of events

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
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      Ukraine war fallout benefits one of world’s biggest fertiliser groups

      Morocco’s OCP had record earnings last year after European rivals were hit by soaring energy costs

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Yezid Sayigh
      Sisi cannot ignore the Egyptian military’s economic role forever

      Cairo’s agreement with the IMF commits it to reducing the presence of the state in numerous sectors

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
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      Egypt releases prominent businessmen detained on terrorism charges

      Safwan and Seif el-Din Thabet had been held for about two years without charge

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
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      Egypt’s deepening economic crisis

      Sisi needs to shrink the role of the state and military-owned companies

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
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      Egypt’s pound plunges to new low as authorities try to stem currency crisis

      Country has shifted to more flexible exchange rate as part of $3bn IMF rescue deal

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
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      Investigators believe Pier Antonio Panzeri, the former MEP at the centre of Qatargate, also received bribes from Rabat

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
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      Egypt vows to cut military’s outsized role in economy under IMF bailout

      Al-Sisi regime agrees to reforms over state ownership in the face of financial crisis

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    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
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      Egypt’s pound sinks to new low in biggest fall since October devaluation

      North African country agreed to let its currency fluctuate as part of $3bn IMF deal

    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
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      ‘There are no dollars’: foreign currency crunch hits Egypt’s economy

      Cairo says banks will soon be able to help importers clear backlog of goods at ports worth $9.5bn

    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
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      Prominent Algerian journalist Ihsane El-Kadi arrested

      Authorities shut Radio M internet station, viewed as the country’s last remaining media outlet for free speech

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
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