Tag: Jeddah

Sudan: UN appeals for aid as 200,000 forced to flee abroad

May 19, 2023

The United Nations has appealed for $3 billion to help those affected by the conflict in Sudan with a top UN official decrying multiple serious ... Read More

Sudan: 200,000 forced to flee abroad while 700,000 more internally displaced

May 13, 2023

Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to neighboring countries and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced inside the country, trying to escape bloody ... Read More

Egypt seeks another ITFC financing for MSMEs

February 8, 2022

Egypt is seeking another financial support from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to back micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) after the country ... Read More

Tunisia: Ben Ali couple handed another 10-Year sentence for corruption

February 10, 2017

The former Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his wife have been handed each another 10-year condemnation for corruption, reports say. Ben Ali ... Read More

Rounding Up Migrants: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Abusive’ Labor System Condemned

November 6, 2013

Saudi Arabia rounded up thousands of newcomer workers following the expiration of an amnesty introducing new employment rules. It is estimated that about a million ... Read More

Algiers, world’s 4th cheapest city

February 14, 2013

A survey done by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a financial agency has been made public and Algeria has been classified as part of the 10 ... Read More