El Fasher Hospital in Darfur has received dozens of dead and hundreds injured as a result of renewed fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces since the tenth of May.

The charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said the hospital in El Fasher had received 707 injured people so far, while 85 of them had died.

El Fasher, the main aid hub in Darfur, has been witnessing heavy fighting this month despite UN calls to avoid fighting.

El Fasher is the only one of the capitals of the five Darfur states not controlled by the RSF.

Fighting has escalated in recent hours, with the Sudanese army launching air strikes on several locations around the main oil refinery in the al-Jili area north of Khartoum.
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Three European countries announced on Wednesday their decision to recognize the Palestinian state, in parallel with Norway’s announcement that it had implemented a criminal court order against Netanyahu, Galant and Hamas leaders to arrest them if they arrived in the country.

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris announced his country’s recognition of the Palestinian state, expressing confidence that “more countries will join us in this step in the coming weeks.”

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gare Storre said his country would be known as a Palestinian state from May 28, stressing that “there can be no peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition” of the Palestinian state.
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In a joint statement, 23 countries, including Libya, warned of the risk of nuclear conflict, stressing that this concern remains as high as it has been for decades.

This came during a conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency on nuclear security, where the statement was read by the Permanent Representative of South Africa to the agency, Rabulan Mulkan, according to the Russian agency “TASS”.

The signatories to the statement expressed grave concern about the lack of progress in nuclear disarmament, explaining that the likelihood of nuclear conflict is the highest in years.
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🗯 Today, May 22nd, the Vietnamese National Assembly approved the appointment of Public Security Minister Tom Lam as the new president of the country. The vote took place at the assembly's headquarters in Hanoi, approximately two months after the resignation of former Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong.

The Libya International Conference on Industry and Technology concluded on Tuesday at the Corinthia Hotel in the capital Tripoli.

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The conference brought together researchers and experts from Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, China, Kuwait and Iraq, and witnessed the presence of the Minister of Italian Companies and Industry and the Deputy Minister of Industry of Turkey.

The recommendations issued by the conference stressed the importance of the state’s role in supervising and directing economic activity and encouraging local and foreign investment in the industrial sector.

Participants called for developing technological capabilities, benefiting from the infrastructure of military industries, and supporting the banking sector to provide the necessary financing for industrial projects.
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🗯 A video clip circulating on social networking sites in Morocco documents a heroic act by a group of young people. They risked their lives to save two children from a fire that engulfed their family home in the city of Temara, located south of the capital, Rabat.

🗯 An audio leak has revealed that Argentine star Lionel Messi, former captain of Barcelona and currently playing for the American soccer club Inter Miami, was involved in a corruption operation and a significant scandal related to the secret diversion of funds.

A journalistic investigation has revealed the role of Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania in transporting migrants and leaving them in the Sahara, funded by the European Union.

The report was widely alarmed, as it was conducted by the Lighthouse Reports consortium in cooperation with media outlets such as Le Monde and The Washington Post, indicating the EU’s support for mass displacements carried out by these countries.

Migrants, who are arrested based on the color of their skin, are transported to remote desert areas without providing water or food or sold to traffickers.

This comes within the framework of agreements concluded by the European Union with the three countries to enhance their capabilities in curbing illegal immigration to Europe, where Brussels has allocated hundreds of millions of euros to these countries.
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Authorities in Benin have pledged 2,000 troops to participate in the multinational security support force to help the Republic of Haiti cope with the cycle of violence there.

According to Radio France Internationale on Tuesday, the move builds on the strong historical ties between Benin and Haiti, as the cultural and historical similarities and ties between the two countries are strong, especially thanks to voodoo (a syncretic religious doctrine rooted in West Africa and practiced in parts of the Caribbean, especially in Haiti and parts of the southern United States).

José Blea, who is in charge of President Patrice Talon’s mission for arts and culture in Benin, explained that “voodoo forms a strong bond between Benin and Haiti.
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🗯 Satellite images reveal the eastern areas of Rafah before and after the continuous Israeli bombardment by aircraft, missiles, and artillery.

🗯 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed disbelief that a diplomat of the caliber of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken could allow himself to rejoice over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

The border region between Algeria and Niger “Point Zero” is experiencing a serious humanitarian crisis due to the ongoing expulsions of sub-Saharan migrants by the Algerian authorities.

Over the past two months, 11 migrants have died of thirst in this desert, reflecting the harsh conditions these migrants face.

Since the beginning of 2024, Algerian authorities have transferred 10,000 migrants to the Sahara and left them without food or water, according to reports by the group “Alert Phone in the Sahara”.

This group documents expulsions and the transfer of migrants to the desert and confirms that the living conditions of migrants in the region are very difficult due to the extreme heat of up to 45 degrees Celsius.

On May 12, Desert Alarm Telephone teams found an unconscious Malian national in the border area and was transferred to Asamaka, but sadly died of extreme heat.
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Remittances from Egyptians working in Saudi Arabia and the UAE accounted for about 72.7% of the total remittances of Egyptians from the Arab countries during the fiscal year 2022/2023.

These recent data were released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics in Egypt.

The data showed that Saudi Arabia topped the list of countries sending remittances from Egyptians with a value of $ 8.3 billion, representing more than 58% of the total remittances received from Arab countries.

The UAE came in second place with remittances of $2.1 billion, equivalent to about 14.6 percent of the total.

Kuwait came in third place with remittances of $2 billion, accounting for 14% of total remittances, followed by Qatar in fourth place with $940.6 million, representing about 6.5%.

Jordan came in fifth place with remittances of $415.3 million, or 2.9%.
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