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Egypt eyes securing up to $2bln external financing before end-2023

Egypt is looking forward to securing new external financing ranging between $1.5 and $2 billion, including $1 billion by issuing Samurai and Panda ...

Iraq-Turkiye oil flows not expected to resume before October

&nbsp;Iraqi oil flows to Turkiye are not expected to resume before October, when Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will likely visit Baghdad, source ...

Acwa Power secures $123mln financial package for Egypt’s Kom Ombo solar plant

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UN suspends services in Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

A UN agency on Friday suspended services in Lebanon&rsquo;s largest Palestinian refugee camp in protest at the presence of armed fighters in and ar ...

ACAPS Thematic report: Sudan - Implications of financial blockages in Sudan, 11 August 2023

The 2023 conflict in Sudan has led to the damage and destruction of the banking infrastructure in Khartoum, the epicentre of fighting and where ban ...

Nigeria public doctors end strike after talks with lawmakers

Frontline doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Friday ended a three-week strike to press for a pay rise after the removal of a subsidy on petrol ...

Forensic audit of Lebanon's central bank criticises BDL's management under Riad Salameh

Consulting firm Alvarez &amp; Marsal has released an uncompromising forensic report on the management of Lebanon's central bank, which points to it ...

Lebanon's sole national TV channel temporarily shuts down amid salary woes

Lebanon's Information Minister Ziad Makari announced on Friday the temporary closure of the country's sole national TV Channel, Tele Liban, due to ...

Heatwaves and conflict collide: Impact of ‘global boiling’ on Middle East war victims

Amid record-breaking global temperatures and warnings that the world is on the brink of a &ldquo;global boiling&rdquo;, a clarion call has been sou ...

Sponsored by AIJES in Paris: Establishing the International Network of Yemeni Journalists

Has Janet Yellen's trip to Beijing improved US-China relations?

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has just concluded a four-day trip to China, aimed at rebuilding bridges between the two countries. Was the trip ...

Sudan conflict: Air strike kills at least 22 in Khartoum

A Sudanese army air strike on the capital has killed at least 22 people and injured many others, eyewitnesses and an official have said. Women and ...

Why Apple's stock rally is causing a dilemma for fund managers

The huge rally in Apple's shares is forcing some fund managers to revisit a thorny problem &ndash; they may not own enough of the stock. Apple&rsqu ...

Iraq plans to boost gas output by 1.5bln cu ft in five years

Iraq plans to boost its gas output by 1,500 million cubic feet over the next five years, through its recent initiative to licence exploration opera ...

UK Ambassador affirms her country's willingness to continue supporting Tunisia

Support particularly in the economic field by encouraging investments in renewable energy, as well as strengthening cooperation in the fields of cu ...

Tunisia national guard officer stabbed, police arrest attacker

A man stabbed a national guard officer in La Goulette, a suburb of the capital Tunis, the interior ministry said on Monday, the second such attack targeting the police in two weeks. ...

Jenin: Israeli military launches major operation in West Bank city

There have been intense exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and armed Palestinian militants in Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank. ...

The AI trained to recognise waste for recycling

There is a lot of rubbish in the world. Approximately 2.24 billion tonnes of solid waste was produced in 2020, according to the World Bank. It says ...

WFP approves $431 mln grant for Egypt's food security plan 2023-2028

The grant for Egypt's Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2028 was approved during the WFP Executive Board's annual session in Rome, Italy from 26-30 June 2023. ...