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  • Special Report Libya: Rival militias undermine stability

    Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00 GMT

    Nearly three months after the capture and killing of Muammar Gaddafi, stability has yet to return to Libya

  • North Africa Special Report: Unrest keeps tourists away

    Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00 GMT

    Analysts have long warned of a demographic time-bomb ticking in the Middle East and North Africa

  • A region divided: Middle East market risk report

    Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:00 GMT

    Political unrest is combining with a surge in oil prices to increase the divide between the region’s rich and poor states

  • Maghreb Special Report

    Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:00 GMT

    The countries of the Maghreb have ambitious development plans to meet the needs of their rapidly growing populations

  • Special Report: Libya - Reforming the economy

    Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00 GMT

    Tripoli’s ambitious programme to rebuild and expand power and desalination plants, airports, roads and houses has fallen far short of its goals, with project deadlines missed because of the country’s bureaucracy

  • Special Report: Oil & Gas - Contractors rank regional state energy firms

    Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:25 GMT

    Saudi Aramco has for decades been acknowledged as a well-run national oil company. While the results of MEED’s survey of contractors, sub-contractors and advisers who work with the region’s largest state energy firms reflects this by awarding Saudi Aramco the highest overall score, it is those outside the Gulf that have generated the most surprising results.

  • Special Report: Oil and Gas - Upstream plans suffer setbacks

    Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:56 GMT

    For all the international oil companies’ (IOCs) talk about long-term planning, the current low in oil prices, coupled with the global economic downturn, has affected IOCs as much as any other business sector.

  • Special report: Maghreb - The drive for foreign investment

    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:11 GMT

    Nowhere else in the world will you find four neighbouring economies with so little in common. But Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli do share one thing: an urgent need for foreign investment.

  • Special Report: Maghreb - The drive for foreign investment

    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

    Nowhere else in the world will you find four neighbouring economies with so little in common. But Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli do share one thing: an urgent need for foreign investment.

  • Special Report: North Africa - A position of strength in gas supply

    Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:38 GMT

    In terms of location and resources, North Africa is well placed to become the leading gas supplier to the European market, if it can overcome the problems caused by government inflexibility and a lack of progress on key projects.

  • Special report: North African gas

    Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:34 GMT

    In terms of location and resources, North Africa is well placed to become the leading gas supplier to the European market, if it can overcome the problems caused by government inflexibility and a lack of progress on key projects.

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