Mauritanian businessman Mohamed Ould bouamatou

Lebanon: the Shi’ite-Sunni crisis revived

The country’s sectarian crisis seems to be deepening as clashes broke out again between the sunnis and shite. Recent events took place in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh on the edge of Sidon where majority of the habitants are Sunnis and most of them followers of Sheikh Ahmed al-Aseer. Reports claim that clashes […]

Iran and India to develop strategic Chahbahar port, MoU signed

Iran and India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of the Chahbahar port located in Southeastern Iran. The agreement was signed by India’s Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari and Iran’s Minister for Transport and Urban Development Dr. Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi. It is seen as a strategic move although the U.S has warned against […]

UN Secretary-General Briefed on Morocco’s Presidency of UN Peacebuilding Commission

Omar Hilale, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, has briefed UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the priorities and the progress of Morocco’s presidency of the 31-member body — an engagement that Maroc Diplomatique described as part of the ongoing high-level dialogue between the Commission’s leadership and the […]