Mauritania
AfDB grants $30 million facility to Mauritania’s GBM
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $30 million trade finance facility for the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie
Egypt has deployed arms, military hardware, and special forces to Somalia under a recent Arab League military cooperation agreement, security officials told The National. The move has provoked Ethiopia, Somalia's neighbor and rival, which warned it would not tolerate external interference in the Horn of Africa. Egypt and Somalia have strengthened ties following Ethiopia's preliminary agreement with Somaliland for coastal land in exchange for potential recognition.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia's PM says mega dam on the Nile 'now complete'
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that a multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has
Egypt
Egypt turns to U.S. to block Libya-Turkey maritime deal
Egypt is seeking U.S. support to prevent Libya’s eastern government from backing a disputed maritime agreement signed in
Egypt
Egypt starts operations at second major wind farm in Suez
Egypt has launched commercial operations at its second large-scale wind farm in the Gulf of Suez, according to Renewables Now.
Egypt
Drillship capsizes in Red Sea, killing four
Marine traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal was not affected by the capsizing of a drillship in the Red Sea,