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Algeria calls for direct negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front

09/06/2022 | Society / Institutions

WESTERN SAHARA. On a visit to Algeria, Staffan de Mistura visited the Tindouf camps, met with the Secretary General of the Polisario Front and the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs to try to make progress on the Western Sahara issue.

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France and Tunisia agree to normalize the issuance of visas

09/01/2022 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE / TUNISIA. In a joint statement, the Tunisian and French Ministries of the Interior announced "the normalization by France, with immediate effect, of the modalities for issuing visas in Tunisia.

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Yves Aubin de La Messuzière wants to "contribute to the understanding of the Arab world"

07/07/2022 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE. Born in 1942 in Rabat, Morocco, Yves Aubin de La Messuzière is a former French diplomat, expert on Arab countries. He graduated in Islamology at the Sorbonne, as well as in literal and oriental Arabic, and spent his career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notably as ambassador in Tunisia and Italy. He has also worked in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria... A member of the Iremmo scientific council, he has just created a branch in Marseille: Iremmo Suds.

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The Marseilles-based Jean-Luc Chauvin becomes the representative of CCI France to the Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce

06/23/2022 | People

FRANCE / WORLD. The President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Aix Marseille Provence, Jean-Luc Chauvin, has been appointed by his peers to represent CCI France at the Franco Arab Chamber of Commerce.

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The three Maghreb countries are candidates to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency

04/13/2022 | Society / Institutions

AFRICA. With the candidature of Tunisia, it is from now on the three Maghreb countries which want to shelter the permanent seat of the future African Agency of Medicines.

Afric'Agora, a place to welcome African companies, will be set up in Marseille in the summer of 2022

03/31/2022 | Services

MEDITERRANEAN / AFRICA. Supported by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Aix-Marseille-Provence and the Africalink network of entrepreneurs, the Afric'Agora project is going to be created in Marseille to welcome African companies and encourage their relations with their French counterparts. Frédéric Ronal, its promoter within the CCIAMP, tells us about it.

Green City Organisation wants to free the Mediterranean of its waste

02/15/2022 | Environment

FRANCE. Green City Organisation wants to deploy throughout the Mediterranean basin its D-Rain system for capturing waste from rainwater networks to retain it before it pollutes the sea.

Albania becomes a member of the UN Security Council

01/03/2022 | Society / Institutions

ALBANIA. Since Saturday 1 January 2022, Albania has joined - together with Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Gabon and Ghana - the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member.

IFC and Proparco finance the expansion of Moroccan Dolidol

12/23/2021 | Industry

MOROCCO. The Moroccan bedding specialist Dolidol signs two loans for a total amount of €20M with the International Finance Corporation and Proparco to support its development in Nigeria and its good environmental practices in Morocco.

Western Sahara issue further divides the Maghreb

11/02/2021 | Society / Institutions

WESTERN SAHARA. While the Minurso mandate has just been extended by one year, Staffan de Mistura starts his new mandate as UN envoy for Western Sahara in the middle of a regional crisis.

Antoine Viallet: "We must base our relations with the African continent on reciprocity"

10/05/2021 | Society / Institutions

AFRICA. Past-president of the Real Estate Club Marseille-Provence, vice-president of the Marseillais de l'Immobilier en Afrique (MIA'S) and member of the Africalink network, Antoine Viallet animated the 14th Real Estate Day under the theme 'Marseille Hub of Africa'. For econostrum.info, he reminds us of the importance of forging strong links with this continent.

France halves the number of visas issued to Maghreb nationals

09/29/2021 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE / MAGHREB. In retaliation to the non-issuance of consular passes allowing the return of their nationals expelled from France, Paris has decided to divide by two the number of visas granted to Algerian and Moroccan nationals and by 30% those granted to Tunisians.

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EBRD appoints two new officials in Morocco and Tunisia

09/02/2021 | People

MOROCCO / TUNISIA. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announces the appointment of two new managers in the Maghreb, Antoine Sallé de Chou in Casablanca and Nodira Mansurova in Tunis.

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The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns

04/07/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. Libya has entered a new era since Fayez Al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar finally decided to throw in the towel. Their withdrawals have allowed for the emergence of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and a new interim governance. Part 1/5

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Tunisia launches its first 100% Tunisian satellite designed by Telnet Holding

03/22/2021 | Industry

TUNISIA. The Tunisian company of telecommunication Telnet Holding succeeded in launching Challenger One, the first satellite of the country entirely manufactured locally by young Tunisian engineers.

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The Maghreb countries have the highest rates of women engineers in the world

02/11/2021 | Society / Institutions

MAGHREB. In its latest report on science entitled "The race against time for a more intelligent development", Unesco denounces the low proportion of women engineering graduates in the world.

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The health crisis in the Maghreb impacts the results of the port of Marseille

01/25/2021 | Transport

FRANCE. If the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille-Fos finally resisted well to the sanitary crisis on its goods segment, passenger transport has been hit hard by travel restrictions.

Southern Mediterranean tries to break free from its borders with the EU

11/25/2020 | Society / Institutions

Ten southern countries are eligible for the European Neighbourhood Policy developed by the EU since 2004 under the Barcelona Process. But today it seems that the Mediterranean is no longer a priority for the EU.

Tunisian processed cheese manufacturer Land'Or finances the strengthening of its production capacity

09/02/2020 | Industry

TUNISIA / MOROCCO. the processed cheese manufacturer Land'Or obtains nearly 11 M€ to increase the production capacity of its Tunisian and Moroccan plants.

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The Port of Marseille maintains its 2020 investments, despite a 15% drop in its traffic

07/09/2020 | Transport

FRANCE. Impacted by the health crisis, the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille will maintain the €57m of investments planned for 2020 and will even add more than €6.5m of commercial measures to revive port activities.

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