Egyptian billionaire targets $400M tourism project on Morocco’s Atlantic coast
Samih Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire and CEO of Orascom, a Cairo-based infrastructure and construction giant, is pursuing a $400 million
The Ras Ajdair border between Libya and Tunisia was reopened on Monday after more than 100 days of closure. According to local media reports the reopening came afgter an agreement between the two countries on different issues of mutual concern. The announcement of the reopening came in a joint press conference held by the Libyan Interior Minister-designate, Emad Al-Trabelsi, and his Tunisian counterpart, Khaled Nouri.
The Ras Ajdair border was closed to travelers and traffic on March 19, and its official reopening was postponed three times, while it had been partially opened for emergency humanitarian and diplomatic cases in mid-June.
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