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UN Sounds Alarm: Critical Malnutrition Crisis Grips Polisario Captives in Tindouf
Morocco World News
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June 26, 2025
Marrakech – Catastrophic malnutrition rates now plague the Polisario-run, Algerian-controlled Tindouf camps, according to a new UN investigation. The findings reveal the brutal reality faced by thousands of Sahrawis held hostage in these desolate...
Security Vacuum in Sahel and rise of Jihadist powers from the dead: US counter terrorism needs a wake-up call
Organiser Weekly
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The Sahel region has faced multiple crises for decades, but it is far from being a weakened state that is slipping into further turmoil. Terror groups are resurging and establishing the Sahel as their base. In recent years, jihadist groups have...
Ben Guerir ranks among the World’s hottest cities on Sunday
Hespress
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June 29, 2025
Ben Guerir was listed among the hottest places on Earth on Sunday morning, according to Eldorado Weather, a website that tracks global temperatures. Ben Guerir recorded a temperature of 46.4 degrees Celsius, placing it in tenth position worldwide....
Morocco Charts Path to Low-Carbon Future Through Strategic Carbon Markets
Morocco World News
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July 9, 2025
Rabat — Morocco’s Energy Transition Minister Leila Benali outlined on Tuesday the country’s ambitious low-carbon vision at the second “Scaling of Carbon Markets in Africa” conference in Casablanca. She said the North African country views carbon...
GCR Upgrades ShafDB’s Long and Short-Term Issuer Ratings, Maintains Stable Outlook
Fresh Angle
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Global Credit Ratings (GCR), has affirmed and upgraded Shelter Afrique Development Bank’s (ShafDB) international and several key national scale ratings, reflecting the Bank’s strengthened capital position, risk management improvements, and growing...
The Cave of Cervantes
Atlas Obscura
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In 1575, Miguel de Cervantes, after fighting on behalf of Spain during its war against the Ottoman Empire and being badly wounded in the Battle of Lepanto, left the army with his younger brother Rodrigo and boarded a ship for Spain. During bad...
New Zealand ramps up AML regime
ICLG
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The introduction of a new bill designed to launch a ‘smarter’ AML/CFT framework that puts bus... The introduction of a new bill designed to launch a ‘smarter’ AML/CFT framework that puts businesses first while clamping down on criminal activity...
Nasdaq closes at new heights as Nvidia reaches $4 trillion
Proactive USA
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July 9, 2025
4:10pm: Nasdaq hits new level US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by a fresh surge in Nvidia shares that helped push the chipmaker into the history books—if only briefly. The Nasdaq led the charge, gaining 0.9% to finish at 20,611, while...
Flanking tactics
Business World
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July 9, 2025
Don’t look now, but if we’re not careful, we could find ourselves legally outflanked over the West Philippine Sea. In a move widely reported abroad on May 30 but which merited just minor, bottom-page treatment in the “World” pages of two local...
760 dead in Mediterranean as irregular EU crossings drop by 20 per cent
Times of Malta
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July 10, 2025
Irregular crossings into the European Union fell by 20 per cent so far this year according to the latest figures collected by Frontex as 760 people are believed to have died in the Mediterranean in the first six months of 2025. There were 75,900...
ASEAN to keep on consensus, inclusivity: Malaysian official
Xinhua News Agency
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Consensus and inclusivity will remain the guiding principles of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the grouping continues to engage with external partners while welcoming new members, Malaysian...
Three Moroccan Cities Among World’s Hottest This Sunday
Morocco World News
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June 29, 2025
Berlin – This Sunday, three Moroccan cities were ranked among the world’s hottest places on earth. According to temperature data published by the specialized platform Eldorado Weather, Ben Guerir, Kenitra, and Taroudant all featured in the top 15...
Europe primed for a firmer open, EU said to be talking car import quotas; US confirms copper tariff - Newsquawk Europe Market Open
Zero Hedge
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US President Trump announced tariff rates for seven countries and later announced a 50% tariff for Brazil; President Trump also announced the US is to impose a 50% tariff on copper, effective August 1st. The EU is discussing car import quotas and...
Will Mauritania join the Abraham Accords with Israel?
The New Arab
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July 10, 2025
President Ghazouani is in Washington to attend a scaled-down US-Africa summit alongside leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Senegal. [Getty] Mauritania's ambassador to the United States has denied reports that President Mohamed Ould...
ASEAN remains a beacon of peace amid growing global uncertainties: Vietnamese official
Vietnam Pictorial
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July 10, 2025
The spirit of family unity, community solidarity and close neighbourliness, along with the solid foundation of dialogue, diplomacy and respect for international law, has made ASEAN successful over the past decades. At the signing ceremony of the...
BRICS: Opportunities and Prospects Ahead
The News Chronicle
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July 10, 2025
For the past few years, United States global dominance has been of much concern for the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). BRICS has benefited greatly from its expansion and boasts nearly half of the world’s population....
Welwitschias crush Senegal in Rugby Africa opener
Windhoek Observer
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Erasmus Shalihaxwe The national rugby team, the Welwitchias, began their Rugby Africa Cup campaign with a 55–17 win over Senegal on Tuesday in Kampala, Uganda. Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) director Jacques Burger described the match as a tough...
South Africa hosts the G20 in 2025: Why this global summit matters to you
Cape Town ETC
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June 26, 2025
South Africa is taking centre stage in global affairs in 2025 as we host the G20 Summit in November. But what exactly is the G20 – and why should it matter to you? The G20, or Group of Twenty, is an international forum for governments and...
Morocco, Chinese Firm Launch MAD 220 Million Smart Farming Project
Morocco World News
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June 28, 2025
Rabat – Morocco has launched a major agricultural partnership with Hong Kong-based Jungnong Group, a subsidiary of China’s Agricultural Development Group, marking a significant step in the country’s drive toward sustainable and tech-enabled...
ExclusiveZidane Iqbal on leaving Man United, identity, Iraq and a new start in Utrecht
The National News
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Zidane Iqbal is the Manchester-born-and-bred footballer who started out at Manchester United before moving to play first-team football for FC Utrecht in the Netherlands in 2023. Before that, he became the first British-born South Asian to play for...