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Mauritania: UAE pledges $2b investments in development projects

UAE Sunday announced investment of $2 billion in development projects in Mauritania, including a soft loan, during the visit of President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to Abu Dhabi. Emirati state-run news agency, WAM, reported that Ould Ghazouani and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan also signed a number of agreements and memorandums during […]

Sahara: Constants of Morocco’s position reaffirmed at meeting with Staffan de Mistura in New York

The unchanging constants of Morocco’s position regarding the achievement of a realistic, pragmatic, and lasting political solution to the Sahara issue, were reaffirmed at a working session held in New York Monday between Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan De Mistura. The working session, attended by […]

Building an Indian Superpower : Modi’s Pakistani First Step

Narendra Modi’s landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party against the incumbent National Congress in India’s national elections has bought a new political dynamic to south Asia’s key strategic actor. India hopes that Modi, a former tea seller and advert for the country’s social mobility, will begin an overdue purge of corruption and elitism. However […]