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King Mohammed VI on Saturday delivered a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People. Here follows the full text of the royal speech: “Praise be to God, Read more
After Morocco, Saudi Arabia has received official backing from Mauritania, Djibouti and Zambia for its bid to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh. Saudi top diplomat, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Wednesday made a phone call to his Zambian counterpart Stanley Kakubo Read more
Qatar will host in the December this year FIFA Arab Cup, a tournament grouping Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa, in preparation for the FIFA World Cup which the country is set to stage next year. The Read more
Faced with a particularly turbulent end of the year in the Horn of Africa, the regional authority of Igad held an extraordinary meeting Sunday in Djibouti, in the presence of the chairman of the African Union commission, to discuss the Read more
Djibouti has just launched the construction of an infrastructure almost unique in Africa: a shipyard. For the past ten years or so, the country has had the ambition to become a crossroads of international maritime trade. The authorities hope that Read more
Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt for using bribe and blackmail to pressure African countries to join their side in the diplomatic showdown opposing it to the four boycotting countries. In an interview with Read more
The Saudi-led coalition stopped a UN flight to fly from Djibouti to Sana’a, Yemen, because of security concerns. The flight was to carry an aid agency staff to the rebel-controlled city and also had three journalists from the BBC onboard. Read more
China will boost military ties with Djibouti, strategically located in the Horn of Africa, state media reported on Thursday. China is seeking closer ties with African nations that could help it gain access to natural resources and provide new markets. Read more
Several African countries have been urging Morocco to return to the African Union for many years. They say they want to see the North African Kingdom, one of the founding members of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) regain its Read more
UN aid chief, Stephen O’Brien, told the Security Council that delivering humanitarian aid in Yemen is a major challenge as warring parties continue to limit access to areas under their control. He lamented the inconsistency of the Houthis and their Read more