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The UN Security Council is expected to hold a session on Libya this Monday, with the appointment of a new head of UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on top of the agenda, Libya Update reports. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last week presented to the members of the Council the new candidate, Abdullah Bitali, to […]
Egypt is considering taking a loan estimated at around $2.5 billion from regional and international lenders to tackle growing economic pressures, reports say. The government, Bloomberg has revealed citing sources familiar with the matter, is negotiating with regional and international banks over the details of the financing. The talks, the unnamed sources told the US […]
In the new era of increasing international power rivalry, shifting alliances and global competition for resources, Morocco stands out as a dependable and influential U.S. partner in both the Middle East and Africa, says Newsweek in its latest edition. In an Op-Ed penned by strategist Lonzo Cook, the columnist urges Washington to build on the […]
A fire that broke out on Sunday in the middle of a mass in a church in a working-class district of Cairo has killed 41 people, leaving the Middle East’s largest Christian community of 10-15 million Egyptians in grief. “The air conditioner in a classroom on the second floor of the church building broke down […]
Morocco is among the countries most exposed to geological and climate-related hazards in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, says the World Bank in a recently-published report, noting that although Morocco does not contribute as much to climate change as more industrialized nations, it has still experienced the effects of the global climate […]
Morocco, unlike many countries in which small elites cling to unwarranted privileges based on the exploitation of rent positions, has chosen the path of more broad-based prosperity, and its political stability, geographically strategic location, and robust infrastructure, have contributed to its emergence as a regional manufacturing and export base for international companies. The remarks came […]
Several African officials and actors praised, Friday in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, the pioneering role played by King Mohammed VI in bolstering cooperation between African ulema (theologians) and strengthening the ties of fraternity between the peoples of the continent. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the final of the 3rd edition of the Mohammed VI […]
A Japan-supported international conference on African development — the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 8 — will be held in Tunisia, August 27 to 28. TICAD 8 is expected to focus chiefly on cooperation in the health care field, including the fight against such infectious diseases as the novel coronavirus. “The […]
A European Parliament’s fact-finding mission on the Pegasus spyware case revealed after investigations in Israel and contacts with NSO company which developed the spyware, that the company had sealed contracts with 22 customers in 12 countries of the 27-member European Union. These findings show that the Pegasus affair relayed in 2021 by several international NGOs […]
Libya’s state-run oil company, National Oil Corporation (NOC), plans to increase oil production to 2 million barrels per day as most of the country’s oil fields resume operations. Chairman of NOC, Farhat bin Qadara, said a medium-term plan will be outlined to achieve this goal, which will extend from three to five years and that […]