Egypt has announced plans for a new desert city west of Cairo named Jirian, part of a sweeping agricultural megaproject aimed at reclaiming 2.5 million acres of land, AFP reports. The city will feature a man-made Nile canal, luxury housing, and industrial zones. Officials say the project will create 250,000 jobs, though critics cite mounting debt, now over $155 billion, as a concern. Construction is expected to finish within five years.
Algeria’s parliament is preparing to vote on legislation that would ease restrictions on foreign ownership in the mining sector,
Libya’s PM of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, has assigned Ali Al-Abed, the current Minister of
According to the 2025 Global Rights Index by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Morocco is not fulfilling its promises
Egyptian President Al-Sisi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Cairo on Monday, in a sign of a potential
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