NEWS
Politics
Sudan military plane crashes killing two crew : SAF
The Sudanese army Friday said two of its pilots were killed in a military training plane c...
September 23rd, 2018
President Kiir arrives in Khartoum for talks with al-Bashir and S. Sudan opposition leaders
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir arrived to the Sudanese capital for talks with his Sud...
September 23rd, 2018
Economics
Mutaz Pledges to Hold Cabinet’s Meeting on Winter Season in Wad-Medani
The Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Mutaz Musa has pledged to...
September 23rd, 2018
China commits $88 million in loans, grants to Sudan
The Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to support Sudan to overcome its economic woes anno...
September 3rd, 2018
Industry
IFC injects $2bn investments in MENA
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $2 billion in the Middle East and...
August 30th, 2018
India’s Malabar eyes expansions into UAE, MENA
Malabar Gold & Diamonds plans to expand into the UAE and the MENA region during 2018....
January 12th, 2018
ANALYSIS
Politics
The complicated and tortured peace process
The efforts to return peace in South Sudan have become so convoluted and tortured because...
August 13th, 2015
Economics
Mena: LNG’s top growth target
Despite its dominant role in terms of hydrocarbons reserves, Mena will become the world’s...
August 4th, 2016
Industry
Private funding for key start-ups hits $870m in Mena
Private investment funding for key start-ups in the Mena region has been consistently grow...
April 6th, 2017
ECONOMY
Sudan Economy February 2018
US President Donald Trump revealed in October 2017 that he would formally lift a host of sanctions against Sudan, after deciding that decades of punitive efforts had done little to…
RISK
Sudan Risk February 2018
Sudan is finally set for a return to stable albeit anaemic growth after the turmoil caused by secession of South Sudan after five years. The lifting of most US sanctions…
FDI
MENA FDI July 2017
Even by the tumultuous standards of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have…
SME
MENA Small and Medium Enterprises September 2017
Over the past several decades, the MENA region has realised the growing importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development and diversification, job creation, reducing unemployment, raising incomes,…
