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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
At least seven people have been killed in Myanmar after security forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters, according to witnesses and local media, as Myanmar’s military government accused deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi of accepting illegal payments. The violence 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
Lebanese defense minister Zeina Aker Sunday issued an indefinite ban on firearms licenses amid fears that escalating popular protests could descend into armed conflict, Middle East Monitor, MEMO, reports. The caretaker minister’s directive will take effect from Monday but will Read more
Saudi Prince Abdullah bin Musaad has acquired French second division of Chateauroux for an estimated value of €2.8 million, Arab News reports. Prince Abdullah with the new acquisition is now owner of five football clubs across the world; Sheffield United 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
After the Senegalese Augustin Senghor and the Ivorian Jacques Anouma, the Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya announced in a press release on Saturday, March 6 that he no longer wants to run for the presidency of CAF. The South African Patrice Motsepe Read more
The opening of a Jordanian Consulate General in Laayoune on Thursday is a token of the strong and strategic ties biding Jordan and Morocco, and proves once again that Jordan “was and will always be on Morocco’s side” concerning the Read more
Libya’s new interim Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Dbeiba, announced on Thursday March 4 that he had announced the names of the members of his government formation in Parliament. A special session is scheduled for March 8 in Sirte to approve the Read more
Jordan became this Thursday the latest country to officially open a consulate in the capital of the southern provinces, Laayoune, joining more than 20 mostly African and Arab countries with a diplomatic mission in the Sahara. Jordan has thus materialized Read more