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Oman and Spain seal €200m investment fund partnership

Oman and Spain have signed a joint partnership fund agreement that will help the two countries to use the Middle Eastern country as a center for their expansion plans. A €200 million joint investment fund was signed between Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo (Cofides) and Oman’s State General Reserve Fund (SGRF) with both parties […]

Guinean junta unveils composition of National Transitional Council

Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, head of Guinea’s ruling junta, has named the 81 members of the National Transitional Council (CNT), the transitional legislative body that will decide when civilians return to power. Doctor Danso Kourouma, a civil society activist, was named president of the CNT, according to a decree read out Saturday night on state television. […]

Arab World Institute Head Commends Morocco’s Cultural Momentum, Spearheaded King Mohammed VI

The President of the Paris-based Arab World Institute (IMA), Anne-Claire Legendre, hailed the cultural momentum and the progress achieved by Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI. At a press briefing held at the French Institute of Casablanca, on Monday, Legendre said she had been particularly impressed by the creative and inventive cultural scene […]