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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

Manchester Evening News

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.

The Conversation

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.

Daily Record

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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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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…

The Conversation

Fears for Remains of Jerusalem’s Lost Mughrabi Quarter

At Jerusalem's Western Wall plaza, a recent excavation has alarmed some heritage specialists who fear the traces of a centuries-old Arab neighbourhood razed by Israel may disappear. There are no signs on the expansive plaza to recall the history of the Mughrabi neighbourhood, or Moroccan quarter, which was demolished by…

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New Zealand keyring could be vital in identifying human bones found next to railway

Anthropological exams identified that the man could be from the UK, Europe, Indian Subcontinent, North Africa, or Middle East

The Independent UK

Saudi-US Partnership to Build Vertical Farms in MENA Region

The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced a joint venture agreement with AeroFarms, a US-based commercial market leader in vertical farming, to establish a company in Riyadh to build and operate indoor vertical farms in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The agreement seeks to…

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Italy's Eni signs $8 billion Libya gas deal as PM Meloni visits Tripoli

Italian energy company Eni and Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) signed an $8 billion gas production deal on Saturday aimed at boosting energy supplies to Europe despite the insecurity and political chaos in the North African country.

Reuters

US Census could get MENA category after new recommendations

US government panel recommends adding box on Census to count people from the Middle East and North Africa region.

Al Jazeera

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Wikipedia Middle East editors ban shows risks for creators

BEIRUT: Rights groups have accused the Saudi Arabian government of "infiltrating" and seeking to control Wikipedia, after the Wikimedia Foundation banned 16 users for engaging in "conflict of interest editing" in the Middle East and North Africa.

France 24

Italy plays on historic heartstrings with Algeria to boost critical energy ties

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hailed Algeria as Rome’s “most stable, strategic and long-standing” partner in North Africa as she wrapped up a two-day visit on Monday aimed at securing Italy’s energy supplies and promoting her plan for a “non-predatory” approach to investment on the continent.

Daily Mirror

Faces of condemned as Iranian freedom protesters face execution or death under regime

Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Bambos Charalambous gave just a snapshot of the estimated 18,000 arrested since the Mahsa Amini protests began last September

Reuters

'Dangerous' Tunisian droughts threaten food security

Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the North African country's battered economy and pushing the government to raise tap water prices for homes and businesses.

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Riyadh to Host First Gathering of Energy Economies in the Middle East

Preparations are underway in Riyadh to host the Energy Economics Conference, which is being organized by the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa region. Under the slogan, “Pathways to a Clean, Stable and Sustainable Energy Future”, the conference will…

Reason

America's Loose Ends in the Middle East

They say the U.S. is pivoting to other conflicts, but the Pentagon hasn't exactly left the Middle East and North Africa behind.

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US Renews Commitment to Support Iraq Stability

The United States has renewed its commitment to support Iraq’s stability ahead of the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, which will kick off its activities in Jordan’s capital Amman on Tuesday. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s media office said in a statement on Sunday that the PM…

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WFP to Double Efforts to Secure Syrians’ Needs

World Food Program (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Corinne Fleischer revealed on Thursday the program’s plans to double efforts to secure the Syrians' needs. Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad discussed with Fleischer, and the accompanying delegation, developments related to food security in the…

The Independent UK

Aid groups dock 2 rescue vessels with 500 migrants in Italy

Two European aid groups have docked their rescue vessels in Italian ports and some 500 would-be refugees have disembarked, even as the Italian government insists it isn't backing down on its hard line against migrant smuggling operations from North Africa

France 24

Tunis Fashion Week: A sartorial melting pot on a salt lake

A seven-hour drive southwest of the Tunisian capital lies Chott el-Djerid, north Africa's largest salt lake and the setting for the thirteenth edition of Tunis Fashion Week. The youngest designer participating, 18-year-old Haroun Ghanmi, celebrates the Tunisian techno scene, while fellow designer Yousra Sen creates one-of-a-kind pieces. Everyone here knows…

Birmingham Post

Plans for Morocco-Devon energy link via 'world's longest' undersea cable put to public

Renewable energy firm Xlinks is proposing to supply the UK’s electricity grid with solar and wind power from the North African country

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