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Al-Sissi addressing UN: Solving Palestine-Israel conflict will end terrorism

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi in an address told the General Assembly on Monday that finding a solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict will bring peace in the Middle East region and end terrorism. Al-Sissi called on resolving the conflict and empowering the Palestinians towards self-determination and “an independent state within the border of 4th June […]

Sudan: At least 50 dead in gold mine collapse as calls grow for regulation of artisanal mining

A deadly gold mine collapse in northeastern Sudan’s Howaid desert has claimed the lives of at least 50 people, according to local media reports. The incident occurred over the week-end in Nile River State, where artisanal mining is rampant and largely unregulated. Eyewitnesses said miners were trapped beneath a sudden avalanche of sand and rock […]

Norwegian STAR SEAFOOD to invest €100m in Mauritania

STAR SEAFOOD, a Norwegian Seafood Company, is mulling plans to inject €100 million into Mauritania’s Nouadhibou free trade area for a three-phase project that will generate more than 2,800 jobs. The chairman of the authority of the FTA of Nouadhibou (the country’s second city) Ba Abdoulaye Mamadou met Monday October 30 with representatives of the […]