Jeddah / TNS The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture is planning to establish five agricultural companies in Sudan that specialize in fish farming, grain and fodder trade, animal farming and agricultural production. Sudan has allocated around one million acres for Saudi investment next to the Atbara Agricultural River, according to an executive agreement between the Saudi Ministry of Environment, …

  Amman / TNS Amid a turbulent regional political and security environment, Jordan is wrestling with sluggish growth and high unemployment, according to a new World Bank report. Launched by the World Bank and the government in Amman, the report found that the economy slowed down for the first time since 2010, further widening Jordan’s output gap, with growth declining from …

  REUTERS Algeria’s Tiguentourine gas plant is ready to come fully back online for the first time since a deadly militant attack in 2013, General Manager Kamel Aoues said on Saturday. “Full production is for the coming days, all tests have been passed successfully,” Aoues told Reuters during a press visit to the site. The plant, 1,600 km (995 miles) …