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December 31 in Sudan marks the official end of the Joint United Nations-African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The evacuation of all personnel and equipment will begin on 1 January and is expected to be completed by 30 June. Read more
Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund PIF has started a security firm in Riyadh as part of its policy to diversify its business, Gulf Business reports say. The company named National Security Services, SAFE, will according to the fund, focus on providing Read more
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned to the North African country after spending two months in Berlin, Germany, for medical treatment after testing positive to covid-19. Tebboune appeared in a video footage during a news hour on state-run television, ENTV. The Read more
A Kuwaiti court Monday handed multiple prison sentences to several state officials charged for embezzling public funds, reports say. A criminal court in the Gulf country, The New Arab reports citing local Al Rai, sentenced two former ministry of health Read more
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest exporter of crude, discovered four new oil and gas fields, the kingdom’s minister of energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz said on Sunday. State oil firm Saudi Aramco discovered 4,452 barrels of unconventional oil Read more
King Mohammed VI has had this Friday a phone talk with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during which he reiterated Morocco’s unwavering stand on the Palestinian question, and underlined the strong ties binding the Jewish community of Moroccan origin to Read more
Tunisia Thursday detained 28 Egyptian fishermen for illegal fishing activities, the second such an operation in less than one week. The defense ministry of the North African country in a statement, Anadolu news agency reports, said the fishermen were arrested Read more
The Process to establish a US consulate in the Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla is on track, as announced this Thursday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The process to establish a US consulate in Dakhla has been officially launched, Read more
A Sudanese judge member of the judiciary trying former President Omar Bashir over the 1989 coup that brought him to power, has stepped down citing health issues, reports say. Judge Essam Mohamed Ibrahim, announced his resignation during the ninth hearing Read more
United Arab Emirates, UAE, is topping the Arab region on the UNDP Global Knowledge Index (GKI) 2020 as the Gulf country ranks 15th, globally. The index launched in 2017, aims to measure the multifaceted concept of knowledge, the UN body Read more