Africa’s Drug Market
Business Today Egypt Africa’s poor health presents good business potential for foreign pharmaceutical companies By Robert Tashima Poor health is good business in Africa for foreigners. Africa, which carries 25% of the world’s diseases, has long been dependent on...
Morocco and Algeria, Restarting The Union of the Arab Maghreb through Renewable Energy
The Wikipedia page about the Union of the Arab Maghreb better known as UMA, is laconic, there is yet no real substance to this strategic option for the region and very few indeed has been achieved since the agreement was formally signed by all member nations in 1989....
ARAB GAMES DOHA 2011, ROUNDUP
Lebanon’s Katya Bachrouche celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s 200m freestyle swimming competition during the 2011 Arab Games in Doha. (AFP) Qatar’s Ogunode, Iraq’s Abdulrazzaq go for grand double at Khalifa Stadium Qatar’s Femi Seun Ogunode returns...
Alwaleed gets 60th honorary medal
By ARAB NEWSRIYADH: Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was awarded Morocco’s highest honor by King Mohammed VI. He received the “Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite” at the presidential palace in Morocco in recognition of his global...
Morocco government talks in final stages
Morocco is only hours away from announcing a new government but the prime minister remains tight-lipped over who will assume key posts. By Siham Ali for Magharebia in Rabat [AFP/Abdelhak Senna] Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane (right) with coalition partners Abbas...
Democracy Moves Forward As Coalition Signs Charter of the Majority
PRWeb – Dec 18, 2011 On the evening of December 16, Morocco took another major step toward the forming of the new,democratic coalition government. The leaders of the four parties of the Coalition - Abdelillah Benkirane, Abbas El Fassi, Nabil Benabdallah and Mohand...
UAE's TAQA to sell some Canadian oil and gas assets
* TAQA North to sell oil and gas assets in southeast Saskatchewan * Sale expected to close in March 2012 DUBAI, Dec 18 - Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) has reached an agreement to sell some of its oil and gas assets in Canada for an undisclosed amount, the...
Special report: the billionaire from Brazil
By Brian EllsworthRIO DE JANEIRO | Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:11am EST (Reuters) - Eike Batista sits atop one of the world's most expansive industrial conglomerates, ranging from oil and mining to recreation and beauty care. Already the richest person in Brazil, he wants to...
Arab spring News of the day : Dec 18, 2011
The Arab Spring: A Year Of Revolution NPR Arab Spring began in Tunisia when a fruit vendor set himself on fire in protest in front of a government building. Tunisians protest outside the gates to the French Embassy in Tunis. Arab Spring began in Tunisia when a...
Hitching a ride – all the way to Morocco
By Martin Neville - Sunday, December 18, 2011 A TRIO from the Island are hitching a ride to Morocco to improve education for children in Africa. Craig Willis, 22, of Ryde, Mary Boyce, 20, and Ellie Boyce, 19, of Newport, are thumbing from London to Morocco to raise...