MARRAKESH, MOROCCO - The CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, signed an additional US$20 million loan agreement with Central African Republic (CAR) Prime Minister Félix Moloua. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 2023 World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual...
Israel ranks 5th healthiest country in the world
Dubai, UAE - Israel ranks in 5th place out of the 167 countries on the index of the world’s healthiest and unhealthiest countries. Singapore was rated as having the top service and state of health globally in 2023. Asia is well represented generally, with the four top places rounded off...UN says US$445m needed to help 860,000 refugees fleeing Sudan
The United Nations said it was planning for an outflow of 860,000 people from conflict-torn Sudan, adding that $445 million would be needed to support them just through October. The UN refugee agency said in a statement that it had presented its appeal to donor countries earlier in the day.
10 Egyptian peacekeepers injured in CAR attack
MINUSCA mission said the Egyptian police contingent was unarmed and traveling in a bus marked UN at the time of the "deliberate and unspeakable attack".
