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E-Government Sudan Project Yields $1 Bln in Six Months

by Saif Al-Yazal Ba Baker | Jul 24, 2017 | Business

Khartoum- Sudan’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CTC) announced an approximately one billion dollars in government fees being collected through e-platforms over the past six months. The digital government initiative was recently launched in the...

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Inter-Arab Ties Remain Bound to Dreamy Intellect

by Abdel Rahman Shalgam | Jul 15, 2017 | Opinion

Two speeches of late Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba have left a mark in the Arab world. The first was in Jericho, West Bank, in 1965, when he called on Arabs to implement United Nations Resolution 181 issued on Nov. 27 1947. The second speech was delivered at le...

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Terror Attacks Planned for Eid Holiday Foiled in Nigeria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 23, 2017 | Middle East

The Nigerian state security agency announced on Friday that it thwarted plans by militants to detonate explosives in four cities in the north of the country during celebrations to mark the Islamic Eid al-Fitre holiday. The Department of State Services (DSS) said the...

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Arab leaders attend the 28th Ordinary Summit of the Arab League in the Jordanian city of Sweimeh on March 29, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)

Arab League to Hold a Meeting on Israeli Infiltration into Africa

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jun 12, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – The Council of the Arab League is holding an extraordinary meeting on Monday at the level of permanent representatives to discuss how to confront the growing Israeli infiltration into the African continent, and its implications on the Arab national security....

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Two Kenya Bombings Kill Eight Policemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2017 | World

Eight police officers were killed Wednesday when their vehicles hit roadside bombs in two separate incidents in Kenya’s restive northeast close to the Somali border. The first explosion claimed three lives early Wednesday morning while the second killed five...