The Latest Breaking News from North Africa

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is expected to impact the whole world, with its repercussions going beyond Europe and "areas of conflict," with some observers arguing that it will ripple throughout the Middle East and North Africa in the short and long term as well. The economic and political challenges…

Dubai’s world fair represents a golden opportunity for MENA participants to drum up interest in their countries.

First Abu Dhabi Bank has made an offer to buy a controlling stake in Egypt's biggest investment bank EFG Hermes that values the North African lender at $1.1 billion, a regulatory statement said.

A World Bank report suggests pricing the cost of air pollution and reforming fossil fuel subsidies and creating markets for emissions, along with offering cleaner transportation options in the Middle East. The human and economic cost of air pollution and degraded seas and coastlines is immense, estimated to be more…

For more than 30 years, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been investing in countries in Central and Eastern Europe. It's since expanded into the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa and has plans to move into Sub-Saharan Africa too. The EBRD's President Odile Renaud-Basso discussed…

Uber, the global taxi-hailing app, revealed on Sunday that over 31 million riders took trips using the app since its launch in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. According to the “Uber MENA: 2021 in Numbers” report, 703,000 drivers in Egypt, 530,000 in Saudi Arabia and 18,000 in…

Over the past two decades, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been characterized by deep divisions, political turmoil, and inadequate governance. Geopolitical competition and increased ambitions of some countries (Iran, Israel, Turkey) were reflected in bold and unilateral foreign policies that in many cases exceeded longtime restrictions…

The presence of both Turkish and Russian forces in the North African country is deeply unsettling to European powers.

Retired ecologist Michael Leigh-Mallory gave up his metal detecting past time a decade ago, but last September he returned to it for a final time, after a special request from his children

A confidential European Union military report is calling for the continued support and training of Libya’s coast guard and navy despite concerns about their treatment of migrants, a mounting death toll at sea, and the continued lack of any central authority in the North African nation

Middle East & North Africa’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 announced that it will hold its first Middle East and North Africa edition in Dubai next month. Lebanon's Kamal Mouzawak, who founded Souk El Tayeb - the first farmers’ market to open in his country's capital Beirut -, was given with…