Sep
08

North Africa – Egypt: World Bank Appoints Egyptian Director

Egypt: World Bank Appoints Egyptian Director
World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today appointed Egyptian Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin Managing Director of the World Bank Group.

Angola: President Dos Santos Highlighted in Egyptian Press
The Egyptian press highlighted the prize given by the Union of Afro-Asian Writers to the Angolan head of State, Jos Eduardo dos Santos.

Morocco: World Bank in Support of Country’s Sanitation Projects
Mr. Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Economy and Finance, M. Ali Fassi-Fihri, General Director of ONEP (National Water SupplyBoard) and Mrs Fran oise Clottes, World Bank’s Acting Country Director for the Maghreb countries signed today, in Rabat, in the presence of the concerned parties’ representatives, the agreements for two IBRD loans for a cumulative amount of US$218 million equivalent to improve access to water supply and expand wastewater systems in Morocco.

Tanzania/Algeria: Poulsen to Use New Game Plan for Algeria Clash
Taifa Stars head coach Jan Poulsen said yesterday he would change his playing formation against Algeria in their Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Algiers.

EGYPT: Can controversial television series work in favor of Muslim Brotherhood?
Will a television miniseries about the history of Egypt’s biggest political opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, undermine or promote the group’s image in the eyes of millions of viewers in the Arab world? Named “Al Gama’a” or “The Group” and…

Zimbabwe/Algeria: Cold Reception for Dembare
Harare giants Dynamos flew into Algiers late yesterday to a cold reception by Setif Entente whom they clash against in a Champions League Group A tie in Setif tomorrow night.