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A Palestinian farmer collects dates from palm trees during the harvest in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on September 29, 2013. (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
African, Arab ministers tackle food insecurity at joint summit
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—On October 2, Riyadh hosted the largest-ever summit of Arab and African ministers. The summit discussed how to boost food supplies and tackle high prices and the rising food shortages in Africa and the Arab world. The summit also touched on how...Caption:
South Africa’s former president Thabo Mbeki walks past journalists as he leaves after a meeting with Sudanese President on July 25, 2013 in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. (AFP PHOTO EBRAHIM HAMID)
Sudan: Mbeki urges Sudan, South Sudan to continue dialogue
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Thabo Mbeki, the head of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel, has urged South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit to continue the dialogue with Sudanese counterpart Omar Al-Bashir despite the ongoing disputes between the two...Central African Republic on brink of collapse – U.N.
New York, Reuters—The Central African Republic is on the brink of collapse and the crisis is threatening to spread beyond its borders, senior U.N. officials said on Wednesday as they urged the Security Council to help fund and support an African Union peacekeeping...Caption:
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, head of the African Union’s 70-member election observer mission in Zimbabwe, speaks to media in Harare on Friday, August 2, 2013. Obasanjo said voting in the country itself was peaceful but the observers noted incidences that could have been avoided and even tended to have breached the law. (AP Photo)
