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The President of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (Parliament), Saqr Ghobash, said, Tuesday, that the support of his country to the Moroccanness of the Sahara stems from its full conviction of the right of the Kingdom Read more
The African Development Bank, AfDB, is raising $1 billion to help increase local production of wheat in Africa to surf the commodity shortage caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, reports say. The Abidjan-based bank, according to its President Akinwumi Adesina, aims Read more
The Nigerian government has debunked local reports that it has chosen Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) as the preferred bidder for its new national airline, Nigeria Air, pointing out that the bidding process has only just opened, Ch-Aviation reports. Read more
The true nature of the so-called Sahraoui defender of human rights Sultana Khaya has been unveiled and her lies and allegations have been laid bare by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor. Actually, the Read more
AG Café has announced plans to open 110 more branches of Tim Hortons in Saudi Arabia by 2024, taking the total number of stores across the country to 200, Zawya reports. The company runs 190 stores, in total across the Read more
Former Tunisian leader Moncef Marzouki, in exile in France, has doubled down in his call to the army to oust incumbent President Kais Saied that he brands “illegitimate”. Speaking in an interview with RFI Monday, Marzouki indicated that he called Read more
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Michelle Bachelet, has reiterated serious concern about the serious human rights violations and growing restrictions imposed by Algerian authorities on fundamental freedoms. “In Algeria, I am concerned about the growing restrictions on fundamental Read more
United States Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman renewed, on Tuesday during her visit to Morocco, her country’s support to the autonomy plan, proposed by Morocco in 2007, as a final solution to the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara. Read more
UAE and Austria Monday signed a collaboration deal that will help boost hydrogen production and achieve the country’s net-zero emission targets by 2050, reports say. The signing took place during the visit of Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, comprising a “permanent Read more
On Monday, March 7, 2022, the French military announced that it had neutralized a jihadist leader in Mali. On the night of February 25-26, 2022, the Barkhane force conducted an operation targeting a senior member of Al Qaeda in the Read more