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Qatar, which looks to increase its aid to the besieged Gaza strip by 50 per cent, announced a $10 million grant that will benefit 100,000 poor families in the Palestinian enclave. The beneficiaries will have to go to the government Read more
Kuwait has tossed away requests by Buddhists and Hindus to cremate the bodies of their dead in the Gulf country. The Funeral Department rejected the request to use modern incineration tools such as electric ovens to cremate the bodies of Read more
Tunisia will earmark over $1.6 million to grant assistance to needy families to muddle through the holy month of Ramadan, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has announced. Speaking to governors on Saturday, Mechichi indicated that the financial aid will be distributed Read more
A top member of Sudan’s ruling council has rejected UAE’s offer to resolve the border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia and accused the Gulf country of trying to divide the claimed Al-Fashaga area between the two countries. “Abu Dhabi Read more
Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah conducted a tour of four Gulf countries, namely Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar April 7 -9. The Libyan leader sought the support of these countries for his government and Read more
Egypt is currently working on a secret prisoner exchange deal between Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel, Al Quds Al Arabi reported. An Egyptian high lever delegation led by Major General Ahmed Abdel Khaleq, who is in charge of the Read more
The African Development Bank, AfDB, Tuesday announced Tuesday a credit line of €145 million for Egypt to help enhance operational safety and to increase network capacity on national rail lines, The New Arab reports. “The planned upgrades are expected to Read more
Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) handed France essential information about a French woman of Moroccan origin, who was plotting a terrorist attack in a church. The data enabled France to prevent the attack, a statement from the spokesperson Read more
Faragalla Group, an Egyptian private Food and Beverages giant, will set up by the end this year two plants in Sudan and Rwanda as part of the company’s expansion plan. Mohamed Farag Amer, chairman of the group told, Arab Finance Read more
The number of diplomatic representations set up in the Moroccan Sahara city of Dakhla has been strengthened by the inauguration this Monday of Senegal’s General Consulate. Senegal has joined the club of African and Arab countries that have tangibly materialized Read more