Prof. Dr. Bischara Ali Egal

a 30-year agreement in 2006 between Djibou and DP World, the company was supposed to operate the port at a maximum capacity. However, the Djibou administraon realized that the Doraleh Port has been operang with less than %50 of its full capacity. The Djibou government thus argued that DP World’s main movaon to keep Doraleh container terminal (port) at the lowest capacity was to sustain the maximum level of acvity at the Dubai port, the leading locaon of marime transport in the region3). The Djibou government also felt that UAE was using the deal in order to handicap and prevent…

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20 Nigerien soldiers, civilian killed in attack on Tuesday by ‘coalition of terrorist groups’ in western Niger Türkiye on Wednesday “strongly” condemned a terror attack in Niger, said the country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement. “We strongly condemn this heinous attack, and wish Allah’s mercy upon those who lost their lives and extend our condolences to the people of Niger,” the statement said. The statement said Türkiye is “deeply saddened” over the loss of people and injuries due to the attack in Tillabery, Niger. Twenty Nigerien soldiers and a civilian were killed in an attack by “a coalition of terrorist…

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A post-election Turkey may well become the “locus for the fault line between the liberal West and the illiberal East” instead of a bridge, as Erdogan has claimed during his time in office. Election workers prepare ballots at a polling station in Ankara on May 14, 2023, for parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey. Turkey is voting in a momentous election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 21-year grip on power or put the mostly Muslim nation on a more secular course. – ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images Gilles Kepel @KepelGilles May 19, 2023 Much to the surprise of…

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Iran says US auctioning the shares of Venezuela-owned Citgo refinery is against international law. Iran has condemned a court decision in the United States to auction the shares of the Venezuela-owned refinery. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement on Wednesday that the illegal US action to confiscate and auction the shares of Citgo Petroleum, which is considered a property and asset of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is as a violation of international law. The statement said the US has resorted to stealing the properties of Venezuelan people after its political plans against the country failed because…

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FILE PHOTO: New York Attorney General Letitia James holds a press conference following a ruling against former U.S. President Donald Trump ordering him to pay $354.9 million and barring him from doing business in New York State for three…see more NEW YORK : New York Attorney General Letitia James sued two cryptocurrency companies and their promoters, saying they defrauded hundreds of thousands of victims out of more than $1 billion by preying on the religious faith of people from Haitian and other immigrant communities. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday in a state court in Manhattan, James said investors enticed by…

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Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International An ATACMS missile being launched from an M270 MLRS. 1. The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) condemns the latest escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia, which is rapidly spiraling into full-scale war between nuclear-armed states. This is the most reckless decision ever taken by any American government. As for its European allies, their collaboration in this escalation is rivaled in its recklessness only by their catastrophic launching of World War I in 1914 and World War II in 1939. There are no “red lines” that the US ruling…

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