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Israel supports a two-state solution to its conflict with Palestine

Israel supports a two-state solution to its conflict with Palestine
09/23/2022 | Society / Institutions
ISRAEL / PALESTINE. Speaking at the United Nations in New York during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Israeli Prime Minister spoke out in favor of "an agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples.
Amman, Aziz Akhannouch, Benyamin Netanyahu, Cairo, Donald Trump, Egypt, Emmanuel Macron, France, Gaza, Germany, Golan Heights, Hamas, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Jerusalem, Jordan, Josep Borrell, Lebanon, Likud, Middle East, Mike Pompeo, Morocco, Munich, New York, Palestine, Paris, Sinai, Six-Day War, Syria, Tor Wennesland, two-state solution, UN, United Nations, United States, West Bank, Yair Lapid

Voltalia invests in five new solar power plants in Portugal

Voltalia invests in five new solar power plants in Portugal
09/22/2022 | Environment
PORTUGAL / FRANCE. The French Voltalia will build a new complex of small solar power plants in Portugal on five sites.
AFM, Albania, Alcochete, Antuzede, Aïn Beni Mathar, Cabril, Creadev, Egypt, energy, environment, Europe, France, Glbal Solar Hub, Greece, Guercif, Helexia, Jordan, Lisbon, Morocco, Mulliez, Mulliez family association, Oliveira de Frades, photovoltaic, Pinhal Novo, Porto, Portugal, renewable energy, Sertã, solar power plants, Sébastien Clerc, Vale Serrao, Voltalia

HOMERe France and IECD join forces to facilitate the employability of young Lebanese

HOMERe France and IECD join forces to facilitate the employability of young Lebanese
09/22/2022 | Services
LEBANON / FRANCE. The HOMERe France association and the European Institute for Cooperation and Development have signed a cooperation agreement to support the employability of Lebanese youth by offering internships in France to senior technicians who have graduated in Lebanon.
Bruno Boulnois, Egypt, Emmanuel Becquart, European Institute for Cooperation and Development, France, HOMERe, IECD, Lebanon, Marseille, Morocco, Paris, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, Renaud Muselier, training, Tunisia

Algeria calls for direct negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front

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.
Algeria, Algiers, Amar Belani, António Guterres, Brahim Ghali, Geneva, Madrid, Maghreb, Mauritania, Morocco, Pedro Sanchez, Ramtane Lamamra, Sidi Mohamed Omar, Spain, Staffan de Mistura, Tindouf, Tunis, United Nations, Western Sahara

France and Tunisia agree to normalize the issuance of visas

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.
Algeria, Algiers, Emmanuel Macron, France, Gabriel Attal, Gérald Darmanin, Maghreb, Morocco, Najla Bouden, OQTF, Paris, Rabat, Taoufik Charfeddine, Tunis, Tunisia, Élisabeth Borne

The Human Rights Committee finds Madrid guilty of violating the political rights of Catalan separatists

The Human Rights Committee finds Madrid guilty of violating the political rights of Catalan separatists
09/01/2022 | Society / Institutions
SPAIN. According to the UN Human Rights Committee, the Spanish state "violated' the political rights of former Catalan leaders by suspending them from political office after Catalonia's 2017 secession attempt.
Albania, Egypt, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, France, Geneva, Greece, Helene Tigroudja, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, José Santos, Madrid, Morocco, New York, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, Oriol Junqueras, Pedro Sanchez, Photini Pazartzis, Portugal, Raül Romeva, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, UN, UN Human Rights Committee, United Nations, Vasilka Sancin, Wafaa Bassim

Moroccan wind farm Nassim Koudia Al Baida to increase its capacity to 100 MW

Moroccan wind farm Nassim Koudia Al Baida to increase its capacity to 100 MW
07/19/2022 | Environment
MOROCCO. Masen and EDF Renewables have announced the financial closing and the start of work on the modernisation of the Nassim Koudia Al Baida wind farm, located in northern Morocco.
AttijariWafa Bank, Bank of Africa, CIF, Climate Investment Fund, EBRD, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Union, France, Koudia Al Baida Energy Company, Masen, Moroccan solar plan, Moroccan wind plan, Morocco, Nandita Parshad, Nassim, Nassim Koudia Al Baida, Noor, Office national de l'électricité et de l'eau potable, ONEE, People's Central Bank, repowering, Siemens-Gamesa, Société Générale, Tangier, Tlat Taghramt, Tétouan, wind farm, wind power

Tunisia and Algeria fail to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency

Tunisia and Algeria fail to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency
07/19/2022 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA. The Executive Council of Foreign Ministers of the African Union has decided to award the permanent seat of the African Medicines Agency to Rwanda. Algeria came second in the vote and Tunisia third.
Africa, African medicines agency, Algeria, AMA, AU, Egypt, EMA, ERC, European Medicines Agency, Goldstein Market, health, Lusaka, medicine, Morocco, pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical market in Africa, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Engie and Sonatrach extend their gas supply agreement

Engie and Sonatrach extend their gas supply agreement
07/07/2022 | Society / Institutions
ALGERIA / FRANCE. Sonatrach and the French energy group Engie are extending their natural gas purchase and sale agreement and want to extend it to LNG.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria, Algiers, BlackRock, Engie, ENI, European Union, France, gas, GZ4, hydrocarbons, industry, LNG, Medgaz, Medina Partnership, Mediterranean, Morocco, natural gas, Naturgy, Portugal, Russia, Sonatrach, Spain, Toufik Hakkar, Ukraine, Western Sahara

Land borders between Algeria and Tunisia to reopen

Land borders between Algeria and Tunisia to reopen
07/07/2022 | Society / Institutions
ALGERIA / TUNISIA. After more than two years of closure because of Covid-19, the land borders between Algeria and Tunisia will reopen from 15 July 2022.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria, borders, Covid-19, Kaïs Saïed, Morocco, tourism, Tunisia

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

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.
Arab world, Iremmo, Iremmo Scientific Council, Iremmo Suds, Maghreb, Marseille, Mashrek, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Worlds, Morocco, new geopolitical challenges, Southern Region, the Middle East and the Ukraine war, Yves Aubin de La Messuzière

The Mediterranean in drought

The Mediterranean in drought
07/05/2022 | Environment
MEDITERRANEAN. Drought is hitting the western Mediterranean this year, with greatly increased fire risks everywhere, and in the worst affected countries a drop in harvests and a threat to drinking water supplies.
agricultural production, Algeria, drinking water, drought, Egypt, Emilia-Romagna, fires, France, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, Libya, Lombardy, Mediterranean, Morocco, PACA, Piedmont, Po Plain, Portugal, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Spain, Tunisia, Veneto

​Spain delivers gas to Morocco via the Maghreb Europe pipeline

​Spain delivers gas to Morocco via the Maghreb Europe pipeline
07/05/2022 | Transport
MOROCCO/ALGERIA/SPAIN. Eight months after Algeria stopped its gas exports via the GME to deprive Morocco of this source of energy, Spain is reviving the pipeline to deliver gas to the kingdom, this time in the north-south direction.
Algeria, Algerian gas, gas, GME, Maghreb Europe pipeline, Morocco, Spain

Responsibilities in question after the attempted mass entry of migrants in Melilla

Responsibilities in question after the attempted mass entry of migrants in Melilla
06/27/2022 | Society / Institutions
MOROCCO / SPAIN. Three days after the tragedy of Melilla, in the North of Morocco, which cost the life of thirty-seven migrants, everyone seems to pass the quid.
Algeria, Amar Belani, AMDH, Ceuta, Democratic Labour Organisation, Eduardo de Castro, European Union, IMO, International Organisation for Migration, Melilla, migrants, Moroccan Association for Human Rights, Morocco, Nador, ODT, Omar Naji, Pedro Sanchez, refugees, Spain, UNHCR, Western Sahara

Nine funds create the continent's first network of sovereign investors

Nine funds create the continent's first network of sovereign investors
06/21/2022 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA. Gathered in Rabat, nine sovereign funds, including two Mediterranean ones with Morocco and Egypt, are launching the Africa Sovereign Investors Forum, a platform dedicated to project development and investment promotion.
Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, ADIA, ADQ, AfDB, Africa, Africa 50, Africa Sovereign Investors Forum, African Development Bank, ASIF, Casablanca, investment funds, Ithmar Capital, KIA, Kuwait Investment Authority, Middle East, Morocco, Rabat, sovereign wealth funds

Egypt is the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in Africa

Egypt is the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in Africa
06/14/2022 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA. In African countries, Foreign Direct Investment has reached $83 billion in 2021. A record figure driven in particular by Egypt.
Africa, Antonio Guterres, economy, Egypt, FDI, Foreign Direct Investment, France, International Tax Reforms and Sustainable Investment, James Zahn, Mediterranean, Morocco, Mozambique, Naspers, North Africa, Properties report, Prosus, South Africa, Ukraine, Unctad, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Xlinks

Egypt accounts for 25% of hotel development projects on the African continent

Egypt accounts for 25% of hotel development projects on the African continent
06/02/2022 | Society / Institutions
Egypt and Morocco occupy the top two spots in W Hospitality Group's survey of hotel development projects on the African continent. NORTH AFRICA. A survey conducted by W Hospitality Group (a hotel, tourism and leisure consultancy based in Lagos, Nigeria), in association with the Africa Hospitality...
Africa, Africa Hospitality Investment Forum, Agadir, AHIF, Algeria, Barceló, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hilton, hospitality, hotel chapters, Hyatt, InterContinental, investment, Kenya, Lagos, Louvre, Marriott, Matthew Weihs, Meliá, Minor, Morocco, Nigeria, Radisson, Taghazout, The Bench, tourism, Trevor Ward, Tunisia, W Hospitality Group

Eight candidates confirmed to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency

Eight candidates confirmed to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency
06/02/2022 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA. Eight countries have been officially confirmed as candidates for the permanent headquarters of the African Medicines Agency. Half are Mediterranean
Africa, African Medicines Agency, Algeria, AMA, AU, Egypt, EMA, European Medicines Agency, Morocco, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe

BpiFrance anchors in Casablanca to better establish its brand

BpiFrance anchors in Casablanca to better establish its brand
05/31/2022 | Society / Institutions
MOROCCO / FRANCE. BpiFrance wants to inspire and connect French and African companies during a forum "Inspire & Connect" in Casablanca in July 2022.
Abidjan, Afric'Agora, Africa, Africalink, Aix-Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Arnaud Floris, BpiFrance, Casablanca, Dakar, France, Hicham El Merini, Inspire & Connect, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mael M'Baye, Marseille, Mediterranean, Morocco, Mourad Chouiqa, Nairobi, North Africa, Panayotis Liolios, Senegal, Tiny Doucende-Ramirez, Yves Delafon

Mediterranean employment ministers want to promote an economy for the benefit of all

Mediterranean employment ministers want to promote an economy for the benefit of all
05/19/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. In Marrakech, the employment and labour ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean committed themselves to meeting the challenges of employment and employability for the most vulnerable people, in particular young people and women.
Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EBRD, Egypt, EIB, employment, EU, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, European Union, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Labour, Lebanon, Libya, Marrakech, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nasser Kamel, Nayef Stetieh, Nicolas Schmit, Palestine, Regional Initiative Team Europe, Spain, Syria, trade and investment, Tunisia, Turkey, UfM, UfM hub for employment promotion, Union for the Mediterranean

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