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Jordan Discusses Jerusalem Camera Installations with Palestinian Authority

March 25, 2016 Pawla Nibramich 0

Jordanian foreign minister Nasser Judeh arrived in Ramallah for a brief visit on Thursday to discuss the installation of security cameras at Haram al-Sharif. Palestine, […]

Israel: UNHRC Wants Israeli Businesses in West Bank Listed

March 25, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution requesting that human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein launch an investigation into the “implications of the […]

Iraq Launches Operation Conquest to Retake Mosul

March 25, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

Iraqi Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, spokesman for the Joint Military Command, said the operation to free Mosul, a town held by the Islamic State since […]

Libya: State of Emergency Declared in Tripoli

March 25, 2016 Steven Addamah 0

A state of emergency has been declared in Tripoli by the capital-based government known as the Government of Salvation ordering the defense and interior ministers […]

Egypt: Cabinet Reshuffle to Revive Battered Economy

March 24, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Egyptian President Fatah al-Sisi Wednesday made few changes to his cabinet with the appointment of 10 new ministers including those of finance and investment in […]

Nigeria: Boko Haram kill 20,000 in Borno State

March 23, 2016 Steven Addamah 0

Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state (northeast Nigeria) has left about 20,000 deaths with an estimated $5.9 billion worth of damages according to a World […]

Algeria: BP, Statoil Withdraw Personnel from Gas Plants

March 22, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

After the Friday rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Ain Salah gas field and processing plant in Krechba, British Petroleum (BP) and Norwegian Statoil have decided […]

Zambia: Opposition leader arrested for ‘defaming’ President

March 22, 2016 Pawla Nibramich 0

Police in Zambia on Monday arrested opposition leader Erick Chanda following a May 9, 2015 newspaper report in which he accused Lungu of having spent […]