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Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra reportedly sought to persuade fellow foreign ministers to overturn Israel’s observer status while at the African Union (AU) Commission. Lamamra travelled to the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to participate in the 40th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union. The meeting took place on 2 and 3 February, with a host of foreign ministers from AU member states in attendance. The Algerian foreign minister held a series of meetings to drum up support for the annulment of Israel’s AU observer status, reported The New Arab’s Arabic-lan… Continue reading “Algeria pushes for Israel’s AU observer status to be revoked”

Construction at a suspected “secret” Chinese military facility in the UAE was stopped at Washington’s request, a report by The Wall Street Journal revealed on Friday. “The UAE has never had an agreement plan, talks or intention to host a Chinese military base or outpost of any kind,” the UAE embassy in Washington told the daily. The construction work was “recently” stopped following a visit to the UAE site by US officials. Earlier this year, US intelligence identified “suspicious” construction work inside a container terminal operated by Cosco, a Chinese shipping company, at Abu Dhabi’s Khalif… Continue reading “Work on ‘Chinese military base’ in UAE abandoned”