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From Mubarak to Worse

From Mubarak to Worse
05/18/2012 | Debates and Analysis
More than 15 months after Egypt's Tahrir Square uprising and four months after free parliamentary polls, many Egyptians say that daily living conditions are worse now than they were in the Mubarak era. "Conditions for the average Egyptian have become worse - economically, socially and in terms of...

Warda El Djazairia died Thursday in Cairo: Goodbye Diva

Warda El Djazairia died Thursday in Cairo: Goodbye Diva
05/18/2012 | In the Media
Warda El Djazairia died on Thursday in Cairo, at the age of 72, she suffered a heart attack, according to several electronic media. Her body will be repatriated to Algiers today, according to other sources. The Algerian diva had been involved in a campaign of patriotic mobile operator Nedjma...

Presidential Candidate ends campaign and endorses Amr Moussa.

Presidential Candidate ends campaign and endorses Amr Moussa.
05/17/2012 | Africa
Mohammed Fawzi Eissa, a lawyer for several ministers from ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime on trial for fraud, said he now supported Mussa as the next president of Egyp, APS reports.. Egypt goes to the polls to elect a president on 23 and 24 May with a run of if there is no out right winner...

Jobs for the boys

Jobs for the boys
05/14/2012 | Africa
The despair over unemployment that sparked the Arab Spring continues to dog graduates in the region. David Matthews reports from a British Council conference in Morocco that aimed to find solutions After police stopped Mohammed Bouazizi from selling fruit and vegetables because he lacked the...

Egypt's changing regional role.

Egypt's changing regional role.
05/14/2012 | Africa
Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh A leading Islamist candidate in Egypt's presidential election has branded Israel a "racist state" and said a shared 1979 peace treaty was "a national security threat" that it should be revised. In a tv debate with his opponent Amr Moussa he described Israel as an "enemy"...

MENAREC 5: Renewable Energy.15-16 May.Marrakech

MENAREC 5: Renewable Energy.15-16 May.Marrakech
05/14/2012 | News
This year’s MENA Renewable Energy Conference is set to become a milestone on the path to closer and wider regional and EU-MENA cooperation in the renewable energy sector. The theme is “Prospects and Challenges for a Sustainable Socio-economic Development of the MENA Region through Renewable...

Egypt election to be held on time

Egypt election to be held on time
05/13/2012 | Africa
Egypt’s administrative court on Saturday ruled that this month’s presidential election should be held on time, overturning a lower court’s ruling, judicial sources said. A provincial administrative court had ordered the suspension of the election on Wednesday, saying the electoral commission chief...

EBRD seeks new leader

EBRD seeks new leader
05/13/2012 | News
Facing a possible change at its helm, emerging Europe’s development bank risks stretching itself thinly as mission creep into North Africa eats up resources while the bank’s core charges feel the heat from raging euro zone financial fires. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, set...

Salaries: Moroccans top in N.Africa

Salaries: Moroccans top in N.Africa
05/13/2012 | Business
If the Egyptians had the highest wage increases in 2011, the Moroccan employees remain the highest paid. That at least is what emerges from the traditional Mercer survey on incomes in the world. Need a large increase in salary? Have a revolution! This is the advice that Egyptian executives could...

Egypt gets US$1 bn from Saudis, clearing IMF hurdle

Egypt gets US$1 bn from Saudis, clearing IMF hurdle
05/11/2012 | Business
Saudi Arabia has transferred US$1 billion to Egypt's central bank, an Egyptian minister said on Thursday, in a move seen as helping Cairo secure a $3.2 billion loan from the IMF. Egypt has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other donors for loans to help it plug a balance of payments...

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