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Managing Threats to Food Security: Water and Agricultural Resilience in North Africa

Introduction Sustaining food security in North Africa,1 is a complex and evolving challenge, influenced by the region’s arid climate, limited water resources, and sparse arable land. In response, efforts to enhance food security by governments,...

Greece suspends processing of asylum applications for North Africans

(MENAFN) Greece has temporarily suspended the processing of asylum applications for individuals arriving from North Africa, citing a sharp increase in illegal sea crossings, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday. The...

Italy, France Hold Talks on Gaza, Ukraine

(MENAFN) Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani hosted French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Rome on Friday for high-level talks focused on global flashpoints, particularly the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. In a...

Greece lawmakers to reduce number of undocumented migrants

(MENAFN) Lawmakers in Greece have passed a heavily debated legal measure aimed at reducing the number of undocumented migrants arriving by sea, particularly from Libya and other North African nations, as stated by reports. The measure, introduced...

Trump considers deporting migrants to conflict-torn Sudan

(MENAFN) The U.S. Supreme Court has approved the government's request to deport migrants to third-party countries, including conflict-ridden nations like Libya and South Sudan, regardless of the migrants' countries of origin. This ruling overturns...

Trump expands tariff list to eight nations

(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that new import tariffs ranging from 20% to 50% will take effect on goods from eight additional countries starting August 1. According to statements made on Wednesday, Trump notified leaders of...

Trump Announces Tariffs on Eight More Countries

(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his trade agenda Wednesday by informing the leaders of eight additional countries that imports from their nations will face steep new tariffs—ranging from 20% to 50%—starting August 1. Initial...

Brazil’s Lula claims NATO fueled weapons race

(MENAFN) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has criticized NATO for driving a global arms buildup through its push for massive increases in defense spending. Speaking at the opening of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, Lula...

Brazilian Leader blames NATO for starting arms race

(MENAFN) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused NATO of driving a worldwide arms race by advocating for a significant boost in military expenditures. Speaking at the BRICS summit opening in Rio de Janeiro, Lula condemned NATO’s...

Russia Seeks Expanding Trade with Africa

(MENAFN) Africa is emerging as a crucial market for Russian exporters, offering substantial untapped opportunities for trade growth and investment, according to the vice president of the Russian Export Center (REC). In her address at the...

Lavrov Describes NATO’s Ukraine Strategy as Threat

(MENAFN) Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that NATO’s efforts to establish Ukraine as a strategic outpost against Russia pose a direct threat to Moscow’s national security. He explained that this left Russia with no alternative but...

Trump Announces New Tariffs on Seven Countries

(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that the United States will enforce tariffs ranging from 20 percent to 30 percent on products imported from seven nations, effective August 1. The Philippines will be subject to a 20 percent...

Trump plans on deporting migrants to war-torn African states

(MENAFN) The US Supreme Court has approved the Biden administration’s authority to deport immigrants to third countries, including conflict-affected nations like South Sudan and Libya, regardless of the migrants’ countries of origin. This ruling,...

Russia wants more profound trade relations with Africa

(MENAFN) Africa is becoming an increasingly vital market for Russian exporters, offering substantial room for growth, according to Tatyana An, Vice President of the Russian Export Center (REC). Speaking at the INNOPROM-2025 industrial expo in...

U.S. Travel Restriction on Sierra Leone – Separating Facts from Fictions

Travel Restrictions on Sierra Leone: What Facts are Saying FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, June 8, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- In keeping with his July 2024 campaign promise to restore the travel ban and refugee admission into the United States upon...

DIFDAUTO's Humanitarian Drive: Teaming Up with the Red Cross and Red Crescent for Turkey-Syria Earthquake Relief

New York City, NY, Aug. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At 4:17 AM on February 6, 2023, two catastrophic earthquakes ravaged southeastern Turkey and northern Syria with unrelenting force, claiming more than 50,000 lives in moments and devastating the...

Searchers look for missing following fatal Italy migrant shipwreck

(MENAFN) Rescue operations resumed Thursday off the Italian island of Lampedusa as authorities searched for missing migrants following the sinking of two overcrowded boats. At least 27 people have been confirmed dead, with about eight still...

Over 26 migrants die in two shipwrecks off Italy

(MENAFN) Two migrant boats capsized off Italy’s Lampedusa Island on Wednesday, leaving at least 26 people dead and around 10 still unaccounted for, according to the Italian coastguard and UN officials. Around 60 others were rescued from the...

Macron opposes Trump on regime alteration in Iran

(MENAFN) French President Emmanuel Macron has publicly rejected the idea of regime change in Iran, taking a stance at odds with U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently escalated his rhetoric against Tehran. In a post on Truth Social, Trump...

UN Highlights Intensifying Violence in Haiti

(MENAFN) The United Nations has sounded the alarm over the deteriorating conditions in Haiti, describing the situation as "enormously acute." On Tuesday, UN officials emphasized that escalating gang violence, coupled with a severe lack of...