by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 20, 2026 | Diplomacy, Economic
Egypt: $500 Million Deal Promises Chinese Cooperation on Solar Summary: On 18 January 2026, Egyptian company Kemet and China’s GCL Suzhou Weicheng signed a $500 million agreement to establish a 280,000 m² industrial complex for manufacturing solar photovoltaic cells...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 20, 2026 | Algeria, Diplomacy, Morocco, Security
Morocco: Sahrawi Bid for African Union Council Seat Prompts Debate Summary: On 16 January 2026, Algerian-backed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Polisario Front) submitted a bid to run for the North Africa seat on the African Union’s Peace and Security Council...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 20, 2026 | Algeria, Diplomacy, Security
Algeria: Geospatial Imaging Satellite Launched from Facility in China Summary: On 15 January 2026, a new Algerian Earth observation satellite, Alsat-3A, was launched from the Jiuquan launch base in northwest China. The launch was carried out in cooperation between the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 20, 2026 | Diplomacy, Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: EBRD ELMED 2 Financing Agreement to Focus on Domestic Infrastructure Upgrades Summary: On 15 January 2026, Tunisia and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a €43 million financing and guarantee agreement for ELMED 2, the second...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 16, 2026 | Economic, Libya
Libya: Italian Investment Firm Secures Benghazi Infrastructure Projects Summary: On 15 January 2026, Belgassem Khalifa Haftar, Director General of Libya’s Development and Reconstruction Fund, signed three contracts with Italy’s GKSD Holding to implement major...
