Arab Journalists’ General Union renews support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, opposition to all forms of division & separatism in Arab World

The General Union of Arab Journalists has renewed its “full support for Morocco’s territorial integrity in the face of foreign-backed separatist scheming” and voiced opposition of all forms of division and separatism in the Arab world. This came in a statement issued following the meeting of its General Secretariat, held in Baghdad June 29-30. The […]

U.S. Think-Tank Urges Washington to Be Cautious in Engaging Algiers as Approach Does Not Guarantee De-escalation with Rabat

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has called on the Biden administration to be cautious in engaging Algeria as such approach does not guarantee it will shift away from Moscow and Beijing or defuse tension with Rabat. In an analysis focusing on U.S. policy in North Africa, the Institute experts Sabina Henneberg and Amina […]

Kirsty Coventry makes history as first female IOC president in landmark election

Kirsty Coventry has shattered a 130-year-old glass ceiling by becoming the International Olympic Committee’s first female president, decisively defeating six male candidates including Britain’s Lord Coe in Thursday’s landmark election. The 41-year-old Zimbabwean, a former swimmer with two Olympic gold medals, secured a commanding 49 votes from the 97-member committee in the first round. Her […]