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Some 29 global companies including Amazon and Microsoft agreed Thursday with the Egyptian government to open headquarters, as authorities expect the agreement to create more than 34 thousand new job opportunities for youth. The agreements and contracts were signed with IT Industry Development Authority ETIDA. Per the accords, the contribution of the 29 companies will […]
Morocco has become the first Arab team to top a World cup group after beating Canada 2-1 in their third game played Thursday at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha. Thanks to the early goals of Hakim Ziyech and Youssef En-Nesyri, Morocco takes the lead of Group F, reaching the World Cup knockout stage for the […]
South Africa’s free press has been largely successful at resisting efforts by the Chinese government to influence its content, a recent study by the US-based think tank Freedom House has concluded. The Freedom House report, titled “Beijing’s Global Media Influence 2022,” said South Africans as a whole, including journalists, are highly skeptical of Chinese state […]
Religious figures and environmental activists gathered in Paris earlier this week to protest against the mega oil projects known as the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and Tilenga oil field project in Uganda and Tanzania, initiated by French group TotalEnergies. About thirty protestors gathered in front of a TotalEnergies gas station in the south […]
Russia has donated 260,000 metric tons of its fertilizer that was sitting in European ports and warehouses for use by farmers in drought-ravaged Malawi and other countries in Africa, the United Nations said. Welcoming the announcement, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that “this will serve to alleviate humanitarian needs and prevent catastrophic crop loss in […]
After Zimbabwe last month became the first African country to approve the use of the injectable HIV prevention drug known as cabotegravir or CAB-LA, many in the country are eager for the drug to become available. Before Zimbabwe, the United States approved the drug in December 2021, and Australia in August 2022. In 1999, Zimbabwe […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto has officially launched his “resourceful fund”, the flagship measure of his campaign intended to give the poorest access to credit and revive the economy of this African country “from below“. Since taking office in September, Ruto has endeavored to deliver on his campaign promises in a country struggling with historic drought, […]
Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) decided to cancel a project for the establishment of a 50-megawatt solar power plant in the South of Aswan worth a $50 million investment, Asharq Business reports citing three officials. Per the sources who asked not be named because not allowed to speak on the matter, the establishment […]
Official Algerian media have hit a new low by censuring Morocco’s win over Belgium with the main state-run channel omitting altogether to speak about that game while mentioning other matches in the same group. The sequence was captured and shared largely on social media with users mocking the absurd move by an Algerian regime that […]
The Moroccan government has earmarked 10.8 billion dollars or 115 billion dirhams to expand irrigation programs from 2020 to 2027. This came at a meeting chaired by head of the government Aziz Akhannouch, as farms in drought-stricken regions suffer from diversion of irrigation water to supply households. The investment aims to mitigate the impact of […]