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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has published the ‘Country Results Brief’ on Egypt. The report, which looks at Egypt’s economic situation, puts a spotlight on Bank’s investments in the energy, agriculture, sanitation, industrial and social sectors. Over the past five Read more
Dubai-based Emaar Tuesday said it has begun operations in the Asian country where it is planning to launch two showrooms in Beijing and Shanghai. The expansion the company said complements the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ announced by President Xi Jinping, Read more
The US has urged Iraqi authorities to put an end to the country’s dependence on Iran for energy as the White House seeks to replace Iranian suppliers with American companies, The New Arab reports. “The time has come for Iraq Read more
An Egyptian lawyer has been arrested in the city of Alexandria after he donned a “yellow vest”, the symbol of protest in France, but banned in Egypt. Mohammed Ramadan has been detained for 15 days following a decision by a Read more
The Arab League has written a letter to Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to warn him against moving Brasil’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The body said that any such move would harm the South American country’s ties with Arab Read more
The 9th international Middle East agri-Food exhibition (SIAL) opened on Monday in Abu Dhabi, with the participation of Morocco. This participation, for the sixth consecutive year, is part of an ambitious strategy to promote Moroccan products, in line with the Read more
The US has installed a number of observation posts overlooking the Turkish border in Kurdish-controlled parts of northern Syria, in a move that has antagonized Washington’s Nato ally, as it prepares for an offensive on its southern border. “The observation Read more
Egyptian e-health startup Vezeeta has raised $1 million in additional funding from IFC to add up to $12 million in Series C financing. Started in 2015, Vezeeta provides patients with the ability to search, compare, book, and engage with over Read more
The Global Compact on Migration that was formally adopted Monday by over 160 countries at the intergovernmental conference held in Marrakesh initiates a new course of action, which embraces solidarity-based sovereignty rather than exclusion-centered nationalism, multilateralism rather than ostracism, and Read more
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Sunday tossed to the bin the Turkey’s demand for the extradition of two top Saudi officials connected to the killing of Saudi dissent journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Oct. 02 after he entered the Saudi Read more