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Economy

Morocco

A 2019 file picture shows Bank Al-Maghrib Governor Abdellatif Jouahri speaking during a news conference in Rabat. (Reuters)

Morocco adopts measures to contain economic fallout of COVID-19

Mohamed al-Alawi

Lebanon

A 2017 file photo shows a money exchange vendor displaying Lebanese pound banknotes at his shop in Beirut, Lebanon. (REUTERS)

Lebanon's coronavirus lockdown piles pressure on flagging currency

Egypt

A man wearing a protective face mask withdraws money from an ATM at the Al Shohadaa "Martyrs" metro station as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus disease COVID-19 in Cairo, Egypt, March 22, 2020. (Reuters)

Egypt's banks told to limit withdrawals and deposits

Lebanon

A man walks past a banner that reads “We’re bankrupt” in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, March 18. (AFP)

Coronavirus epidemic delivers tough blow to Lebanon’s dying economy

Egypt

A man wearing a protective face mask shops at Exception Market before the start of night-time curfew to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19 in Cairo, Egypt March 26. (REUTERS)

COVID-19 comes with a high cost to Egyptian economy

Saudi Arabia

Saudi policemen man a checkpoint in the King Fahd main street in the capital Riyadh. (AFP)

Saudi, UAE roll out stimulus packages to blunt economic fallout from coronavirus

Lebanon

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab (C) meets with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund in Beirut, last February. (DPA)

Epidemic only compounds Lebanon's socio-economic woes

Egypt

People use a bulldozer to pull out an inundated car from a flooded street in in the New Cairo suburb of the Egyptian capital on March 12 amidst a heavy rain storm. (AFP)

Storm exposes vulnerabilities of Egypt’s new infrastructure projects

MENA

Energy with potential. Wind turbines at a wind farm in the southwestern Moroccan city of Tarfaya . (AFP)

Wind energy is a ‘key technology’ with benefits for MENA