Egypt Growth Outlook Cut to 5 Percent as Inflation Delays Rate Cuts
Egypt growth outlook cut to about 5 percent as stubborn inflation forces the Central Bank of Egypt to delay interest...
August 15, 2026Topic
North Africa
Algeria Asks Meta to Keep WhatsApp Accounts Tied to Algerian Mobile Numbers
The Algeria WhatsApp mobile number rule asks Meta to keep accounts tied to verified numbers, citing fraud and cybercrime under...
August 13, 2026
Libya Central Bank Governor Resigns Amid Political Pressure Over Oil Money
Libya's central bank governor Naji Issa has resigned, reigniting a fight over the institution that controls the country's oil revenues...
August 11, 2026
Car Bomb Kills Eastern Libyan Military Intelligence Chief in Benghazi
A car bomb killed Fowzi Mansouri, head of military intelligence for eastern Libyan forces, outside his Benghazi home on Monday,...
August 11, 2026
Morocco Security Alert After Calls For New Mass Crossing To Ceuta
Moroccan authorities reinforced the Fnideq-Ceuta border zone after social-media calls for a renewed mass crossing, weeks after a surge that...
August 9, 2026
HSBC Exits Egypt Retail Banking in US$300 Million Sale to Emirates NBD
HSBC Egypt retail sale to Emirates NBD ends 44 years of consumer banking, books a US$300 million pre-tax gain and...
August 6, 2026
Ceuta Migrant Crisis Kills at Least 72 as Europe Turns on Spain
Ceuta migrant crisis kills at least 72 after mass crossings into the Spanish enclave, as the EU holds crisis talks...
August 6, 2026
Chinese Investment in Egypt Tops US$10 Billion, PM Says
Chinese investment in Egypt has passed US$10 billion, the prime minister says, though Cairo has not said what the figure...
August 4, 2026
Morocco Water Security Gets US$294 Million EBRD Loan Boost
The EBRD approved a €250 million loan and €5 million grant for Morocco’s ONEE utility to upgrade drinking water infrastructure...
July 31, 2026