Like many other emerging markets around the world, mobile phone usage in Morocco continues to increase on the back of rising competition and declining prices over the past 18 months.

Although Algeria has struggled to attract significant interest in recent bidding rounds, the potential for new shale deposits will increase the country’s already considerable allure,

After several months of planning and consultations with our partners, the Egypt Development Marketplace (DM) was launched.

Eight months ago, I wrote my first article in Egypt’s al-Shorouk newspaper, which discussed the spread of atheism, or at least the weakness of faith. I entitled the article “The benefits of atheism,” because I realized that the spread of this phenomenon may carry unperceived benefits, such as modernizing and altering religious rhetoric in order to confront new challenges, instead of burying our heads in the sand.

In October, the Central Bank of Tunisia (Banque Centrale de Tunisie, BCT) issued new restrictions for consumer credit that stand to tighten lending in the short to medium term.

Researchers and civil society activists in the Arab world have always complained that a lack of information has contributed to poor policies on development and resource management.

Colon cancer in Egypt is more deadly and destructive than elsewhere, yet less understood.
A new study adds to a small body of research, through which a picture is emerging: colorectal cancer, commonly known as colon cancer, strikes younger people in Egypt far more frequently than it does in Europe or the US, making it much more lethal and socially destructive.

Air of uncertainty is engulfing most matters related to Egypt. Since the Egyptian revolt started over two years ago, the country remains hostage to a barefaced power struggle with many destructive implications that have polarized society in unprecedented ways, perhaps in all of Egypt’s modern history.

In these days of political unrest and constant change in the Arab world, there are many instances of violence and a pervading lack of trust among people. More than ever, people wonder what mechanisms need to be in place to heal and repair relationships between people and public institutions.

A delegation of EU cooperation advisers have paid a field visit to an EU-funded project working for the prevention of illegal migration of unaccompanied minors in Morocco.

The choice of Morocco as a host country is the result of efforts by HRH Princess Lalla Hasnaa, who chairs the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection.

During our research for a report on climate change in the Arab world which released in Doha , I travelled the region extensively.