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Italy to Sell Egypt Two Frigates as Ties are Thawing

Italy is on the verge on selling two FREMM frigates to Egypt as relation between the two countries are improving. The talks for the sale of the two vessels, in the pipeline for some time, have been confirmed by Italy’s Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, and by Fincantieri CEO, Giuseppe Bono, Defense News reports. The […]

Morocco targets 30,000 more jobs in mining sector

Morocco is preparing for the launch of a new mining strategy that aims at creating 30,000 additional jobs and raising the exploration budget to 4 billion dirhams as well as revenues by 15 billion dirhams in six years, energy minister Aziz Rebbah said in Marrakech. The minister said that his department will launch soon Morocco’s […]

Tunisia: National Dialogue Quartet picks up Prize calling for creation of Palestinian state to end terrorism

Months after being crowned winner of 2015 Noble Peace Prize, Tunisian Dialogue Quartet Thursday in Oslo solemnly picked up the award paying tribute to freedom, democracy and rights fighters in Tunisia from all social classes and reminded the international community of the urgency to build a self-determined Palestinian state as a major step in the […]