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Moroccan and U.S. airports are poised to upgrade their technical cooperation notably through the exchange of information in statistics and financial data and the regular sharing of the best practices for airports personnel. The two parties undertook to enhance their cooperation under an agreement signed on Thursday between ONDA, Morocco’s airport authority, and Dallas-Fort Worth […]
Two US top diplomats, State Department Counselor Thomas Shannon and David Thorne a senior advisor to the Secretary of State, are in Egypt to widen the cooperation ventures between the two countries. Relationship between Washington and Cairo was tense when the former decided to suspend some of its military aid to the North African country […]
Following Egypt’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Badr Abdelatty, statement that Cairo is closely monitoring the events in Ferguson, Deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf has replied claiming that they will deal with the issue and the protests transparently and openly. Protests in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, broke out after a white police officer shot […]
The U.S. Africa Leaders Summit that brought to Washington this August 4-6 more than 50 African leaders and hundreds of governmental officials, CEOs and civil society activists was an opportunity for President Barack Obama to make a declaration of love to the black continent, announcing new partnerships and initiatives and pledging that America will be […]
“Mad DoG: Inside the Secret World of Moammar Gaddafi” is the title of a 90-minute documentary to be premiered next April 11th by the U.S. cable network Showtime of CBS. The film gives an in-depth look into the tyrannical regime of one of the world’s most infamous dictators, says Showtime Inc. The documentary was directed, […]
A Turkish delegation headed by its Energy Minister Taner Yildiz met with Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani, in the Iraqi capital to foster bilateral relations which were affected by a deal between Ankarra and the regional autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region. Baghdad has always maintained that all oil deals should be approved by […]
The secret negotiations from Palestine and Israel have resumed despite the dissatisfaction of the Palestinian delegation. Although both parties have renewed their desire to solve their differences, the demarcation of the border between them has been a major setback. Palestinian’s claim that Israel’s response has been slow during talks and the absence of the U.S […]
Africa had its fair share of military power-grabs – actually, it had a good deal more than that. Throughout the Cold War, military coups were the rule, not the exception. And Egypt, the bridge between the African and Arab worlds, was no stranger to coups. After all, it was a coup by the Free Officers […]
The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) report ‘Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds’ has outlined three global trajectories, or development in the interactions among world’s states, during the next 15-20 years. Under the ‘Reverse Engines’ scenario, mercantilism and protectionism could lead economic globalization to go into reverse, constraining technological breakthroughs required to manage scarce global resources. The […]
The production of oil in the leading oil production country in Africa has suffered a drastic decline since its civil war in 2011. The ongoing protest in Libya has led to the closure of two export terminals and an entire oil field. Frequent disruptions in the MENA region has led to North America leading the […]