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The new projects include a venture launched in the United Kingdom at the end of May that aims to produce electric sports utility vehicles (SUVs) in Morocco. Earlier in May, King…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280537
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State governments also increasingly dominate the welfare sector, and authorities have cracked down on Islamist-leaning NGOs in recent years. Yet the war in Gaza and the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282841
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Prime Minister Abdul Hamid al-Dbeiba hopes to win over Amazigh leaders with the promise of language recognition and other rights, largely to consolidate his position in the…
A major scandal involves a Malian national imprisoned on drug trafficking charges, which has implicated high-ranking individuals. The nature of the cases underlines both the depth…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286080
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Cairo is now making direct purchases instead of using tenders to get wheat on favourable terms, including a purchase of Russian wheat from a trading firm earlier in September. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281863
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The scale of the reshuffle indicates a desire for a fresh approach to policymaking, especially as the challenges that have contributed to years of political gridlock remain…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284808
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In Saudi Arabia, more than 2 million Muslims performed hajj (the annual pilgrimage required of all Muslims in their lifetimes to Islam's holiest sites, Mecca and Medina), reaching…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280059
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The supreme court deposed prominent Sunni leader Mohammed al-Halbousi in November 2023, during a long campaign against him by pro-Iranian Shia forces. His ally Shaalan al-Karim…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284556
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In November 2021, Emir Nawaf al-Ahmed Al Sabah, three years his elder, handed over several of his constitutional duties to the crown prince on a temporary basis (presumably due to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282337
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He called for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with which the army has been engaged in devastating hostilities since April, to be designated a terrorist organisation…