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IMF Warns: MENA Region Faces 4 Challenges

Growth of the real GDP in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to slow this year to 3.1 percent from 5.3 percent in the previous year, announced Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Jihad Azour. Azour added…

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Saudi FM Meets with US Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held talks in Jeddah on Thursday with White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk. They discussed ways to bolster joint coordination to serve the interests of their countries. They also covered regional and international developments. Prince…

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Woman quit job to travel the world in campervan after annual leave request denied

Happy couple Steve and Kate are currently planning on touring North Africa in their van - visiting places like Morocco - and couldn't be happier since changing their work and lifestyle.

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Tunisia drought threatens 'catastrophic' grain harvest

Medjez El Bab (Tunisia) (AFP) - A severe drought in North Africa has left Tunisian farmers bracing for a catastrophically poor harvest, imperilling food security in the cash-strapped country.

AFP

Over 400 migrants died crossing Mediterranean early in 2023 - UN agency

More than 400 migrants and refugees drowned in early 2023 while attempting to cross the central Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe, the most fatalities in the past six years over a three-month period, a United Nations agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Italy's coastguard works to rescue 1,200 migrants drifting at sea

The Italian coastguard is carrying out operations to rescue two boats carrying a total of 1,200 people, it said on Monday, after a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa over the weekend.

Reuters

Drifting migrant boat in Mediterranean supplied with fuel but no rescue, NGO says

A merchant ship has supplied fuel and water to a boat with around 400 migrants on board which is in distress between Greece and Malta but Maltese authorities have ordered it not to conduct a rescue, German NGO Sea-Watch International said on Monday.

Reuters

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At Least 20 Migrants Missing after a Boat Sinks off Tunisia

At least 20 African migrants were missing on Saturday after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said, amidst a sharp rise in migrant boats from the North African country. The coast guard rescued 17 others off the southern city…

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Egypt, Britain Discuss Regional, Int’l Developments

Egypt and Britain discussed the latest regional and international development and repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. According to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received the British Minister of State Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs of South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa, Lord Tariq…

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Oriental Institute takes a new name to reflect changing times

University of Chicago museum becomes the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa.

Chicago Sun-Times

Emissions cuts can slash heat deaths in Mideast, N. Africa: study

Paris (AFP) - Meeting world targets to limit climate change would avert hundreds of thousands of heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa, scientists said on Tuesday, urging the region to adapt better.

AFP

Saudi Fintech Sector Sees Unprecedented Growth

A report by the Washington-based Saudi-American Business Council pointed to an “unprecedented” growth in the field of startup investments. Saudi Arabia has one of the most developed financial services sectors in the Middle East and North Africa region. The report indicated that during August 2022, the Kingdom witnessed a 79…

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Europe risks migrant surge without aid to Tunisia, Italy PM warns

Europe risks seeing a huge wave of migrants arriving on its shores from North Africa if financial stability in Tunisia is not safeguarded, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday.

Reuters

World Water Day: Mapping water stress across the Middle East

Seven out of the 10 most water-stressed nations are in the Middle East and North Africa.

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UK food shortages: how growing more fruit and veg in cities could reduce the impact of empty supermarket shelves

British supermarkets are imposing limits on how many salad staples shoppers can buy as supply shortages leave shelves empty of some types of fruit and vegetables. The disappearance of fresh produce is said to be largely the result of adverse weather leading to a reduced harvest in southern Europe and…

Daily Mirror

Three supermarkets lift buying limits on fruit and vegetables after UK shortages

Supermarkets introduced rationing of certain fruit and vegetables last month as a result of shortages caused by unusually cold weather in Europe and north Africa

Manchester Evening News

Asda lifts customer limits on fresh produce as supermarket shortages begin to ease

Shortages on produce began around February 20, with retailers responding that a combination of bad weather and related transport problems in north Africa and Europe were causing significant supply problems

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German Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: We Care About the Path of Reform in Saudi Arabia, Ready to Support it

The spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry in the Middle East and North Africa, Dennis Kumetat, stressed that Germany and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia share a “deep” partnership. “Berlin is following with interest the political and social reform processes initiated by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, which would…

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Oman’s Abraj Signs Oil Drilling and Extraction Deal with Chevron, Kuwait Gulf Oil Company

Oman's Abraj Energy Services said on Saturday it had signed a five-year "strategic partnership deal" with Kuwait Gulf Oil Company and Saudi Arabian Chevron to extract and drill for oil in Kuwait. The deal will see Abraj build three drilling platforms in the Wafra oilfield in Kuwait, the company said…

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Why supermarkets are rationing food and how to prevent future shortages

Calls for the government to provide better support to UK food producers have intensified recently as supermarkets have been forced to ration sales of some fresh produce. Weather-related disruption has caused supply shortages of vegetables from places including Spain and North Africa.

Daily Record

Asda introduces limits to fruit and vegetable purchases amid stock shortages

Certain products that are grown in southern Spain and north Africa, like tomatoes and peppers, are difficult to source at the moment.

The Guardian - UK

Asda and Morrisons ration fresh produce including tomatoes and peppers

Shortages caused by bad weather in southern Europe will be compounded by big fall in salad production in UK

The Independent UK

Rights group: Mideast governments target LGBTQ people online

A rights group says in a new report that security agencies and government officials across several countries in the Middle East and North Africa have been using social media platforms and mobile dating apps to crack down on LGBTQ people

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World Bank: Gulf Economies Are Becoming More Open

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries should follow the lead of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Gulf states in economic reforms, said World Bank Vice President for Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj. Belhaj explained that Gulf countries worked on deep and structural reforms by…

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Orientalism: Edward Said's groundbreaking book explained

Whether you’re conscious of it or not, you likely have a vivid mental image of what the Middle East looks and sounds like. You might envision a sparse landscape, the air warped by heat and yellowed with flurries of sand. You might hear the plucking of an oud, or a…

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