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Emaar fail to reach agreement on Emirati group’s participation in Egypt’s new capital city

Egypt’s company running the country’s new capital city project has rejected Dubai-based Emaar Properties’ price proposal for lands that it plans to develop. Egypt launched in 2015 the construction of a new mega city on 700 square-kilometer swathe of desert, 45 kilometers of East of Cairo. The future will involve a business district to be […]

Spain reaffirms its support for Mauritania in the defense and security of its borders

On Monday, October 28, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles reaffirmed Spain’s support for Mauritania in its efforts to secure and monitor its borders. During her two-day visit to Mauritania, Robles met with Defense Minister Hanena Ould Sidi at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Nouakchott. They discussed Mauritania-Spain defense relations and reviewed cooperation between the two […]

Algeria lets migrants die after an accident near Niger borders

Algerian authorities have left migrants die crammed in a bus after an accident near Niger where Algerian army intended to abandon them in the desert. Images on social media showed a torched bus, corpses and injured migrants as a convoy of 82 buses was carrying hundreds of migrants southwards. The migrants who died were buried […]