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Spain's 'U-turn' on W. Sahara sends ambassadors in and out

Morocco has reinstated its ambassador to Spain, effectively ending a 10-month row between the two key Mediterranean neighbors after Madrid shifted its long-standing position on Western Sahara, its former colony in North Africa

The Independent UK

Algeria and Libya are unlikely to plug Europe's energy gap

The ramifications of the Russian war on Ukraine are being felt across the world. The effects are likely to be particularly acute for countries in North Africa. The region is a major exporter of energy and raw material, and has had complex, sometimes contentions, relations with Europe, the US and…

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'Blood rain' could spoil St Patrick's Day as rare storm spreads across Europe

Dust from the Sahara desert could travel all the way from North Africa to Ireland after it was driven up into the air by a weather front dubbed Storm Celia by Spanish authorities

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World Bank: Economic Digitalization in Middle East Can Generate $1.6 Trillion in Gains

The World Bank said the full digitization of the economy in the Middle East and North Africa could raise GDP per capita by at least 46 percent over 30 years, or long-term gains of $1.6 trillion. In a new report entitled, “The Upside of Digital for the Middle East and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab Women Entrepreneurs Defy Odds with Leap into Sportswear

Nathaly Daou zigzags through an underground fabric store in Beirut, pulling out bolts of neon Lycra and patterned polyester before settling on a roll of white cotton. Finding affordable fabric for her budding sportswear line during Lebanon's economic crisis has been a challenge for the 36-year-old entrepreneur, one of several…

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Hundreds of Africans cross into Spain's Melilla for 2nd day

Hundreds of people have tried for a second day to climb over the fences that separate a Spanish city in North Africa from Morocco

The Independent UK

Hundreds trespass border into Spanish city in North Africa

Officials in a Spanish enclave in North Africa say at least 500 migrants crossed the fences separating Melilla from Morocco

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MENA faces a crisis as the world’s key wheat producers are at war

The near future looks grim for Middle East and North African countries that depend on Russian and Ukrainian wheat.

Al Jazeera

Possible Impact of Ukraine War on Middle East

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is expected to impact the whole world, with its repercussions going beyond Europe and "areas of conflict," with some observers arguing that it will ripple throughout the Middle East and North Africa in the short and long term as well. The economic and political challenges…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dubai Expo: Chance for change in Middle East and North Africa

Dubai’s world fair represents a golden opportunity for MENA participants to drum up interest in their countries.

Al Jazeera

First Abu Dhabi Makes Offer for Egypt’s Investment Bank EFG Hermes

First Abu Dhabi Bank has made an offer to buy a controlling stake in Egypt's biggest investment bank EFG Hermes that values the North African lender at $1.1 billion, a regulatory statement said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Bank Suggests Pricing Cost of Air Pollution in the Middle East

A World Bank report suggests pricing the cost of air pollution and reforming fossil fuel subsidies and creating markets for emissions, along with offering cleaner transportation options in the Middle East. The human and economic cost of air pollution and degraded seas and coastlines is immense, estimated to be more…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Inflation, exiting fossil fuels & navigating politics: The challenges facing the EBRD

For more than 30 years, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been investing in countries in Central and Eastern Europe. It's since expanded into the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa and has plans to move into Sub-Saharan Africa too. The EBRD's President Odile Renaud-Basso discussed…

France 24

Over 31 Million People Used Uber in Middle East Since its Launch

Uber, the global taxi-hailing app, revealed on Sunday that over 31 million riders took trips using the app since its launch in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. According to the “Uber MENA: 2021 in Numbers” report, 703,000 drivers in Egypt, 530,000 in Saudi Arabia and 18,000 in…

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Drone Race in the Middle East

Over the past two decades, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been characterized by deep divisions, political turmoil, and inadequate governance. Geopolitical competition and increased ambitions of some countries (Iran, Israel, Turkey) were reflected in bold and unilateral foreign policies that in many cases exceeded longtime restrictions…

Al Jazeera

What next for world powers in war-torn Libya?

The presence of both Turkish and Russian forces in the North African country is deeply unsettling to European powers.

Daily Mirror

Dad explains how he'll spend £648,000 windfall from rare coin he found by accident

Retired ecologist Michael Leigh-Mallory gave up his metal detecting past time a decade ago, but last September he returned to it for a final time, after a special request from his children

The Independent UK

EU continues training Libyan partners despite migrant abuses

A confidential European Union military report is calling for the continued support and training of Libya’s coast guard and navy despite concerns about their treatment of migrants, a mounting death toll at sea, and the continued lack of any central authority in the North African nation

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Dubai to Host First Edition of the Middle East & North Africa’s 50 Best Restaurants

Middle East & North Africa’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 announced that it will hold its first Middle East and North Africa edition in Dubai next month. Lebanon's Kamal Mouzawak, who founded Souk El Tayeb - the first farmers’ market to open in his country's capital Beirut -, was given with…

Reuters

West stresses unified stance on Ukraine after Biden's 'minor incursion' remark

The United States and Western countries sought to project unity and a tough stance over Ukraine on Thursday, after U.S. President Joe Biden suggested allies were split over how to react to any potential "minor incursion" from Russia.

Daily Mirror

Rare coin found in Devon by accident set to fetch almost half a million pounds at auction

The rare King Henry III coin, which is just under an inch in diameter but estimated to be worth £400,000, was minted in about 1257 by William of Gloucester with gold imported from North Africa

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