North Africa

Egypt’s El Sewedy Electric company will be involved in building a $3 billion Tanzanian hydroelectric power plant, Tanzania’s energy minister said on Wednesday. The minister said in comments broadcast on state television that the plant would have an installed capacity of 2,115 megawatts (MW). “The project will be implemented by …

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, officially invited Dr. Ahmed Al Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar, to participate in the “Global Conference for Human Fraternity,” which will be hosted by the UAE in …

Egypt’s petroleum minister on Sunday signed an agreement with BP and UAE-based Mubadala Investment Co giving them stakes in the Nour gas field off the northern coast of Sinai. BP will buy 25 percent and Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala 20 percent of Italian energy company Eni’s stake, the petroleum …

Libyan tribesmen staged a protest on Saturday at the giant El Sharara oilfield aiming to shut down the facility, engineers and a tribal spokesman said on Saturday, although it was not immediately clear if output had been halted. A field engineer said crude was still flowing, while two other engineers …

An Egyptian court has scheduled a hearing later this month on a petition demanding constitutional changes that would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to seek re-election beyond his second term, state news agency MENA reported on Friday. Speculation has been rife that Egyptian authorities will seek changes to the constitution, …

The Arab Strategy Forum, in collaboration with Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies, today issued a report that estimates the total cost of Iran’s nuclear programme to have exceeded US$500 billion since 2002. It is one of many annual reports and studies published by the Arab Strategy Forum that …

Uber Technologies Inc has launched a bus-booking service in Cairo, the company’s chief executive said on his first visit to Egypt on Tuesday, as the company aims to tap a sprawling low-income market. The company also announced a new Uber Lite app that, from early next year, will allow users …

Egypt sees increasing interest from U.S. energy companies in developing its offshore oil and natural gas resources and expects them to participate in two bidding rounds due before year-end, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla said. Egypt has emerged as an attractive destination for foreign energy firms following a string of …

About 650,000 public sector workers went on strike and thousands protested across Tunisia on Thursday over the government’s refusal to raise wages amid threats from international lenders to stop financing Tunisia’s tattered economy. Schools, universities, municipalities and ministries were shut and hospitals were on emergency staffing only in the nationwide walkout …