A local armed group in Tripoli threatened to cut off the city’s water supply from a man-made river if a detained green militiaman was not released from prison.

Mytilineos company, a Greek Group, has partnered up with the General Electricity Company of Libya. Th two companies signed an agreement on Wednesday for the engineering and construction of a electricity unit in Tobruk.

The Moroccan economy will be improving in the third quarter of 2017, according to the High Commissioner for Planning.

The Moroccan Foreign Trade Bank is starting a program to offer young contractors and entrepreneurs a fee-free first year for files for financing their business activities.

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika met with visiting Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev recently, only the second time he has hosted a foreign official this year.

Vietnam's exports to Algeria this year have jumped 17 percent to nearly $241 million compared to the same time frame last year.

Abdul Latif Al-Jawahri, governor of Bank Al-Maghrib, has been named best bank governor in the world by magazine Global Finance.

The French Development Agency has loaned 80 million euros to help complete a high-speed railway running from Tangiers to Casablanca.

The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge will hold its seventh Abu Dhabi Science Festival in November in two locations -- the Al Ain Zoo and Khalifa Park.

Workers at the Renault Group's Renault Flins plant celebrate the 18 millionth vehicle produced there, an Intens version of a white ZOE made for the German firm Green City.

A ranking system maintained online by The World Bank showing how various countries measure up in terms of accommodating enterprise gives Tunisia a score of 77 in 2017, down 2 points from a 2016 ranking of 75.

Ongoing socio-political problems in Algeria could harm the nation's efforts to modernize and circle its wagons against foreign cyberattackers.

Libya's oil production revival continues to be hampered by the wider conflicts and instability roiling the country.

None of the fundamental pillars for a healthy nation -- a functioning economy, political system and security -- is in place in Libya, which leads one expert to conclude little has changed from her pessimistic analysis of a year ago.

Regardless of some of the big challenges faced by Tunisia, government and business leaders are still dedicated to innovating trade and trying to advance the interests of the national economy.

For the past few years, a Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring (GEM) Women's Report has documented the situations of women as business leaders in various countries, including areas of North Africa.

Following the online publication of a picture depicting students with "Thank you Mustafa Batas" written on signs, there was an outbreak of frustration from individuals on social media.

Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia announced that a press censorship authority would be put in place before the end of 2017.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has made several leadership changes, including oversight of the company's Algerian operations.

A foundation dedicated to the early diagnosis, treatment of and research into a potentially fatal genetic defect has established four hubs in North Africa as part of its worldwide network.