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DRC: 2023 defense budget increased 300-fold amid confrontation with rebel groups

The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has increased by 300 per cent its defense budget for 2023 to $1 billion in view of “ramping up the power of the armed forces and to revamp military industry”.   The defense budget accounts for 10.4 per cent of the total budge put at $14.6 billion. This budget […]

RAMSAR Convention: Algeria’s suffers setback after unanimous rejection of its draft resolution at COP-14

Algeria was dealt a slap in the face after the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands have unanimously rejected a draft resolution submitted by Algiers, seeking to revise the Ramsar Criteria, and downgrade sites on the Ramsar List. During the 14th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands (COP14), […]

Marrakech, Islamic World’ s Capital of Culture in 2024

The city of Marrakech has been picked as the capital of culture in the Islamic world in 2024 for the Arab region. The announcement was made, Monday, at the closing activities of the celebration of Rabat, capital of culture in the Islamic world 2022, an event organized by ICESCO for a whole year. The closing […]