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As polls have closed in Senegal’s parliamentary elections Sunday, both the ruling and the opposition parties claimed victory Monday as provisional vote tallies came in. Former Prime Minister Aminata Toure, who heads the ruling coalition, announced on national television that the party had won 30 out of 46 administrative departments. “This undoubtedly gives us a […]
Kuwait-based gifting e-commerce platform and toy shop Teeela is set to expand in the Middle East region to tap into the $30 billion gifting market, following a Pre-Series A funding round that raised $3.75 million, Zawya reports. Saudi Arabian investment firm Wealth Well, Mad’a Investment Company, Al-Akeel family and several other investors injected $3.75 million […]
Tunisia faces an economic and a political crisis that are unfolding, leaving very short deadlines for the current leadership to come up with solutions that would spare the Tunisian people scenarios of its eastern and western neighbors. Surrounded by unstable Libya in the east and authoritarian Algerian in the east, Tunisia is navigating uncharted waters […]
Morocco’s trade deficit up to June surged to 150.5 billion dirhams or 14.6 billion dollars as the country sustains a heavy energy bill on the back of soaring commodities prices. The trade gap expanded 48.7% as the domestic economy recovers and demand grows on imports of semi-products and equipment required by the local industry increase. […]
Members of the UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo(MONUSCO) and UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix paid tribute Monday at a ceremony in Goma to the three Moroccan and two Indian peacekeepers killed last week in the eastern region of the country. Last week, deadly demonstrations demanding the departure of the United Nations mission took place […]
A delegation from the Saudi Shura Council, headed by the council’s Chairman Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Al Ash-Sheikh, held separate talks Monday in Rabat with the speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament (deputies and advisers) on Morocco’s legislative experience. The talks highlighted by the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding between […]
The head of US diplomacy will travel in August to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the State Department announced, as the US seeks to counter Russian diplomatic influence. Antony Blinken will aim to show “African countries that they have a critical geostrategic role and are crucial allies on the most pressing […]
Several dozen people gathered in Ouagadougou on last Saturday to protest against France’s presence in Burkina Faso, calling for a major mobilization on 12 August. The rally took place in front of the memorial erected in memory of Thomas Sankara, the “progressive” former Burkinabe president assassinated in a 1987 coup d’état instigated by Blaise Compaoré, […]
Israel Sunday said it would accelerate the process of setting up a shared industrial zone with Jordan as part of efforts to accelerate cooperation with the kingdom. “Twenty-eight years since the peace agreement with Jordan, we are taking the good neighborly relations between our two countries another step forward,” Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said. […]
The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) signed Sunday a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Poland to organize the operational framework for air transport between the two countries, Zawya reports. The agreement includes opening of the skies between the two countries and draft bilateral agreement on air transport services. Part of its strategy for […]