Sahara provinces

Antonio Guterres remains confident a political solution to Sahara dispute is possible

The United Nations Secretary General said he remains confident that a political solution to the Sahara dispute is possible. “I remain convinced that a solution to the Western Sahara issue is possible,” Antonio Guterres said in his draft report on the Sahara to be debated by the UN Security Council members, who are expected to […]

Nigeria: Buhari wins second four-year term in office in highly charged elections

The Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday announced incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari winner of Feb. 23 presidential and parliamentary elections, while the opposition calls for a rerun over vote irregularities. INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu said Buhari from All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Sunday presidential vote with 15,191,847 votes against 11,262,978 for his main […]

Saudi PIF’s SRC inks 133mln real estate financing deal with Riyad Bank

The Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company (SRC), wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has signed an agreement with Riyad Bank to acquire a SR500 million ($133.13 million) real estate financing portfolio, reports say. Fabrice Susini, CEO of SRC and Tareq Al-Sadhan, CEO of Riyad Bank signed the deal in the presence of of […]