Islamic Development bank team in Luxembourg

Beirut blast: €250 million pledged for Lebanon at donors conference

Lebanon Sunday garnered €250 million ($294.5 million) in pledges at a virtual international conference of donors, led by France’s President Emmanuel Macron. The conference was meant to help the Middle East country cope with the aftermath of last week deadly explosions at Beirut port. The conference was attended by a dozen of world leaders who, […]

China’s ‘Soft-Power’ Inroads into North Africa

The current international environment has been significantly shaped by three defining events: the eurozone crisis, the ‘Arab Spring’ accompanied by the rise of political Islam in North Africa and the Middle East, and the continuing rise of China’s global influence. A closer look at these three seemingly disconnected events reveals that they are in fact […]

Libya: Tuaregs and Tebus renewed hostilities going on for days

Tribal clashes between the Tuaregs and the Tebus in the southern city of Sabha have left dozens of people dead. The clashes started last week and mediation efforts have not been effective as the two tribes continue to be suspicious of each other. They are neighbors to each other in the same city and that […]