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McDonald’s Opens First Restaurant in Laayoune, Sahara

McDonal’s has opened its first restaurant in the largest city in the Southern Provinces, Laayoune, on a surface area of 1,137 square meters. The restaurant lies at the heart of the city adjacent to the Dcheira Battle square and employs 200 people in direct and indirect jobs. The project is the fruit of the investment […]

Russia bans vegetable imports from Egypt over contamination fears

Russia’s Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare has barred all imports  of various types of vegetables and fruits from producers of several countries including Egypt over fear of contaminations,  Arab Finance reports. The move, according to the federal service, is meant to prevent large-scale infectious diseases among the population. The ban […]

South Sudan’s collapsing peace sparks fears of regional turmoil, UN warns

Renewed violence in South Sudan is threatening to plunge the country — and its neighbors — into deeper instability, UN officials warned this week. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, told the UN Security Council that South Sudan’s fragile peace process is unraveling, with escalating clashes between government forces and rival militias eroding the 2018 […]