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Egypt kicked off a series of dialogues with political forces in Sudan to help overcome the Sudanese crisis that erupted due to the military coup that toppled the civilian-led government in October.
Moroccan consortium beats foreign bidders for port deal
A consortium of two Moroccan construction firms has ousted three foreign alliances bidding for a large port project on the Atlantic coast exceeding$1 billion of investments, according to press reports.
Morocco’s Transport Ministry said that it had selected a consortium comprising SGTM (Societé Générale des Travaux du Maroc), a key contracting firm in Morocco, and the Casablanca-based Somagec construction firm for the project to build a port in Dakhla, a city of more than 100,000 people in the disputed Western Sahara.
The London-based Al-Arab newspaper, the Moroccan Rue20 website and other publications said the project would cost around 10 billion Moroccan dirhams ($1.05 billion) and that it is part of plans to build seven new ports in the North African Arab country.
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