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The United Arab Emirates has required all listed companies on Abu Dhabi and Dubai stock markets to have at least one woman as board member as the Gulf country strives to raise the number of women on the boards of Read more
Saudi Arabia and Greece are set to hold joint military exercises this month as the kingdom’s forces arrived in the European country. Six Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s, Anadolu news agency reports citing a Hellenic National Defense General Staff statement Read more
Qatar early this month sent a shipment of oil to its neighbor UAE for the first time since 2017, the year both countries fell out. Tanker tracking data, according to Bloomberg news website, show early this month, Qatar shipped some Read more
On Wednesday, March 10, the United States designated the ADF, the Allied Democratic Forces, active in the DRC, and Daech Mozambique as “foreign terrorist organizations” and “specifically designated global terrorist groups. These classifications, which include their respective leaders, Seka Musa Read more
Former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, along with a dozen other people, were charged with corruption on Thursday, March 11. A lawyer for the former Mauritanian president told RFI. The defendants left the judge’s chambers free, but were placed under Read more
The Republic of Suriname has decided to open an embassy in Rabat and a consulate in Dakhla, in order to give impetus to bilateral relations and cooperation with Morocco. The announcement was made by visiting Surinamese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Read more
After two days of intense debate, the house of representatives (HoR) has approved the transitional government headed by 61-year-old businessman Abdel Hamid Dbeibah. The vote took place on Wednesday, March 10 in Sirte. It was hailed as “historic” for a Read more
Egypt is planning to inaugurate its New Administrative Capital, NAC, before the end of this year after a delay caused by the pandemic. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, reports say, told a cabinet meeting March 08 that government services are set Read more
Saudi National Building and Marketing Co., NBM, has signed an acquisition deal with Ajeej Steel Manufacturing for an operation estimated at 180 million riyals ($ 48 million) and in accordance with its expansion plan. In a statement to the Kingdom’s Read more
Moroccan Attijariwafa Bank (AWB) has been elected “best investment bank in Morocco for the year 2021” by the American magazine Global Finance. In its ranking of Best Investment Banks 2021 on a global, regional and local scale, the prestigious Read more