Published by Al-Araby A satirical song criticising Israeli-UAE normalisation has caused a stir in the Middle East this week, Israeli daily Haaretz has reported. The song “Dubai, Dubai”, performed in […]
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UNHCR Ethiopia Fact Sheet, December 2021
Ethiopia is the third-largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, sheltering 823,959 registered refugees and asylum-seekers as of 31 December 2021. The overwhelming majority originate from South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea.To date, 10,892 refugees have r…
Read moreGuinea military junta allows ousted Pres Alpha Conde to travel to UAE for medical checkup
CONAKRY, Four months after his ouster by the current military junta, former-Guinean President Alpha Conde has been allowed to travel out of the country for the first time.According to reports from the capital, Conakry, Conde left for the United Arab Em…
Read moreCameroon Says Separatists Abducted Rubber Plantation Workers
YAOUNDE — Authorities in Cameroon are blaming anglophone separatists for the abduction of eight rubber plantation workers Friday in the country’s volatile Southwest region. The country’s Agricultural Workers Trade Union is pleading for the workers’ saf…
Read moreMorocco voices solidarity with UAE
Rabat, The Kingdom of Morocco, king, government and people, strongly condemned, on Monday, the heinous attack perpetrated by the Houthi militia which targeted civil facilities in UAE.The Kingdom expressed its full solidarity with the UAE in defending i…
Read moreUS Africa Envoy to Visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia
WASHINGTON — The U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa will visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia next week amid ongoing crises in the two African nations, the State Department announced Friday.David Satterfield and Assistant Secretary of State Mo…
Read moreMorocco blames suspected vaccine death on cannabis, tobacco
Published by Al-Araby Rabat – Morocco’s ministry of health blamed the recent death of a 30-year-old citizen on cannabis addiction and post-tuberculosis complications. Suspects had been raised that a Covid-19 […]
Read moreIran, Venezuela and Sudan Lose UN Voting Rights With 5 More
UNITED NATIONS — Iran, Venezuela and Sudan are in arrears on paying dues to the United Nations’ operating budget and are among eight nations that will lose their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly, the U.N. chief said in a letter circulat…
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