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COVID-19-Iran: EU to channel €20 million in humanitarian aid

The European Union will send €20 million in humanitarian aid to Iran which is subject to US sanctions and struggling with the Coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came from the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in a video news conference on Monday. “We’ve not been able to provide a lot of humanitarian help but there […]

Famine looms over Sudan as conflict drags on

The Sudanese population is slipping to famine as infighting hits the country’s farm production capacity as well as imports. Nearly a year since fighting broke out between forces loyal to army chief Al Burhan and head of the Rapid Support Force (RSF), children are being reported to have died out of hunger while sick people […]

Unemployment Haunts Young Algerians

One in four Algerians remain unemployed in an economy undermined by over dependence on oil and gas revenues and bleak political prospects. Official data speak of an unemployment rate of 11.1% in March of 2018 but economists consider the scale of joblessness to be higher than that. Among the youth aged under 36, the unemployment […]