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Sudan has launched a probe into the alleged recruitment of Sudanese nationals by an Emirati firm as security guards, but who end up as mercenaries in Libya and Yemen. Hundreds of Sudanese held a sit-in Tuesday in front of the foreign ministry in capital Khartoum to protest against contracts given to their children by UAE-based […]
Office chérifien des phosphates (OCP), Morocco’s phosphate group, will soon open a fertilizer company in Romania in conjunction with Al Dahra, an Emirati multinational agribusiness group, reports say. OCP and al Dahra will set up South East European Fertilizer Company (SEEFCO) with a capital estimated at $5 billion. The Moroccan government’s approval of the operation, […]
Turkey started deploying troops in support of the UN-backed government in Tripoli under attack from renegade general Khalifa Haftar openly backed by UAE and Egypt. The deployment of Turkish soldiers has been announced on Sunday by president Erdogan in an interview saying the measure aims to ensure the stability of the internationally-recognized government of National […]
South Africa has called on home defense industry corporates to reduce their dependence on Saudi, Emirati, Algerian and Omani customers as it holds up arm sales to these countries over their refusal for inspection in compliance with contract agreements, reports say. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), a group of ministers and deputy ministers […]
Abu Dhabi-based urban developer IMKAN has unveiled a luxury complex in Rabat: Le Carousel. This project, IMKAN’s largest in Africa is a mixed-use complex located on the Rabat Corniche and will be completed in about 5 years. Just about 15 minutes from downtown and the motorway, this project covers about 10.5 hectares of which 50% […]
A confidential UN report on Libya states that Jordan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have violated the arms embargo. The country’s two strong men – Marshal Haftar and Prime Minister Sarraj – took advantage of the embargo breach. Jordan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have violated the arms embargo imposed on Libya since […]
The UAE has lifted the ban on trips or holidays to Lebanon in place since 2011 following the eruption of the Syrian crisis for insecurity concerns. The permission will be effective from today, October 8, reports say. The Gulf country and its regional strong ally Saudi Arabia in 2011 issued the travel advisory over security […]
The governments of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have renewed their continued firm backing to Morocco’s territorial integrity, hailing the sustained efforts deployed by the North African Kingdom for a lasting political settlement of the Sahara regional conflict. Addressing the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, convening in New York, Bahraini Foreign minister […]
The fallout of the war in Yemen and the humanitarian crisis the war-torn country is facing vindicate the Moroccan position to backdown from supporting militarily the Saudi-led military intervention in favor of seeking political solutions. When Morocco expressed its voice against the continuation of strikes on the conflict-stricken country while advocating an approach that focuses […]
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed, on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, an executive program of cooperation in the field of Islamic affairs. The program is part of the implementation of a memorandum of understanding between the Moroccan Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs and the General Authority of Islamic Affairs & Endowments. The […]