Muhamad Yehia .. Caoro UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi visited a refugee camp Chad and spoke to displaced people. Grandi emhpasized that the humanitarian operation in Sudan and neighbouring countries, which are bearing the burnt of the refugee crisis, must be supported. He said that while assistance has only …
Read More »Dicovery: scientists believe mystery fossil is Denisovan, early human ancestor
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo A fossilized human jawbone discovered in Taiwan is now thought to belong to a Denisovan, an ancient human relative. Researchers suggest that this mandible, one of the rare specimens identified to date, originated from a mysterious human ancestor believed to have appeared around 370,000 years ago. …
Read More »Art meets activism in Congo with ‘The Herds’ performance
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo n the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals – monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe – stand to attention in a clearing. Their handlers, puppeteers dressed in black, begin to move slowly through the woods, eventually picking up speed and breaking out into a …
Read More »China’s Xi urges cooperation with EU as trade war escalates
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called for stronger cooperation between his country and the European Union to resist ”bullying”. Xi was meeting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez who is visiting Beijing. His remarks come as a trade war with Washington escalates, with president Donald Trump authorizing …
Read More »A booming market, but lacking data: Africa’s challenge [Business Africa]
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo the lack of reliable data: a major obstacle to investment and growth on the continent, the efforts of Congo-Brazzaville to strengthen its food sovereignty with Protected Agricultural Zones, and the economic crisis in the DRC, exacerbated by business closures and ongoing violence. Without reliable data, is …
Read More »Arab-Islamic foreign ministers call for ceasefire and reject relocation of palestinians from Gaza
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Foreign ministers from the Gaza contact group emphasized the need for a lasting ceasefire and opposed the displacement of Palestinians from their homes on Friday. Representatives from Palestine, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, and Indonesia convened for a three-day diplomatic forum in Antalya. Palestinian Foreign …
Read More »Palestinians lined up for hours for food by a charity kitchen in central Gaza.
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo Large groups of Palestinians gathered for hours in a playground in central Gaza, eagerly awaiting food distributed by a charity kitchen on Friday. Among the crowd, many children stood in front of sizable pots as charity workers served rice, the only meal available that day, to …
Read More »Nigeria: Tinubu’s effort to resturcture the ailing oil sector
In Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu is working to revamp the struggling oil sector as national production hits a record low and crude prices plummet following the announcement of new tariffs by Donald Trump. Just a week ago, the Nigerian leader dismissed several top executives from the national oil company, NNPC, …
Read More »news USA: Screening for “anti-Semitic activities” as grounds for visa refusal
President Donald Trump’s administration will immediately begin considering “anti-Semitic activity” on social media and physical harassment of Jewish people as grounds for denying immigration benefits, a federal agency announced Wednesday. Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin monitoring the social media activity of immigrants applying for benefits, …
Read More »Gaza: Egypt’s foreign minister rejects displacement of Palestinians
Muhamad Yehia .. cairo Egypt’s top diplomat reiterated his country’s position on rejecting displacement of Palestinians at a press conference on Thursday. Badr Abdelatty gave his remarks after meeting his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Cairo. “There is no chance to achieve safety and stability for Israel or the region …
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