NEWS
Politics
Sudan, Saudi Arabia chiefs of staff discuss military cooperation
The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF)’s Chief of the General Staff, Lt General Kamal Abdel-Ma’arouf...
April 23rd, 2018
Sudan, Chad and Niger armies discuss border security
Military chiefs of staff from Chad, Niger and Sudan held a consultations meeting in Kharto...
April 23rd, 2018
Economics
MENA economy to grow 3.1% in 2018 – World Bank
Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is expected to rebound in 2018...
April 18th, 2018
U.S. delegation in Sudan to explore positions over Renaissance Dam issue
Sudan’s Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary Abdel-Ghani al-Naim has briefed a visiting U.S. S...
March 27th, 2018
Industry
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
MENA airlines sign 10-year agreement with Amadeus
Fifteen air navigation service providers from the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) re...
December 7th, 2017
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,…
