“He will also take a significant stake in Colliers’ rapidly growing project management business in the Middle East, supporting the region’s flourishing real estate market in collaboration with Colliers’ existing real estate services business in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region,” it said. Investment management firm Colliers on Wednesday announced that Sankey Prasad will expand his leadership role to include project leaders in the Middle East. Effective immediately, Sankey Prasad becomes Chairman and MD (CMD) for India and CMD for the Middle East Engineering business which is under the name of Colliers Project Leaders Middle East.

The 36 group encounters produced 89 goals, and there were no scoreless results until the last group phase games. An average of 2.47 goals per game is an excellent output, considering the heat and low humidity in Cote d’Ivoire. The highest margin of defeat honour went to the hosts, Cote d’Ivoire and Namibia, while former champions, Algeria and Tunisia, had the ignominy of finishing bottom of their groups. 9s at the tournament, it is 34-year-old Emiliano Nsue from Equatorial Guinea who leads the scorers’ chart with five goals. Round of 16 fixturesNigeria (6) vs. Cameroon (7)Namibia (27) vs. Angola (28)Mali (6) vs. Burkina Faso (10)Senegal (2) vs. Cote d’Ivoire (8)Morocco (1) vs. South Africa (12)Cape Verde (14) vs. Mauritania (22)Egypt (5) vs. DR Congo (13)Equatorial Guinea (18) vs.

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Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s government has sounded bullish, even triumphalist notes. The war has bogged down its chief regional foe, Israel, in a protracted and perhaps unwinnable conflict. Yet for Tehran, the ongoing conflict may not end in anything like the clear-cut victory it has already claimed. Hezbollah—Tehran’s most capable ally—has lobbed missiles at Israel, but it has not sparked an all-out war on the country’s northern border. The overall message is clear: Iran can cause chaos, but it is not strong enough to go on a real offensive.

Egyptian ed-tech startup Edura has raised an undisclosed pre-seed funding round to enhance its capabilities, expand operations, and deepen research and innovation. Founded in 2021, Edura is an interactive educational platform that connects teachers and students through recorded or live interactive lessons. The platform offers innovative services, including interactive educational sessions, online assessments, and recorded student evaluations during the study period. In 2023, Edura has delivered over 7,000 educational lectures, facilitated by more than 2,400 registered teachers on the platform. “With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the education sector witnessed a significant transformation and a pressing need for educational platforms that combine traditional and modern methods.

After a group stage full of shocks, including football heavyweights Ghana, 2019 winners Algeria and Tunisia being eliminated, the 2023 CAF Africa Cup of Nations is into the knockout rounds. The last 16 teams to have survived the first round include surprise names like Mauritania, playing in just their third ever AFCON tournament, while big names like Egypt and hosts Côte d'Ivoire only barely made it through to the second round. From 27 to 30 January 2024, the last 16 teams will face each other for a shot at making the quarter-finals, while also discovering their opponents for the next round.

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has responded to the suspension imposed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on national head coach Walid Regragui following incidents at the end of the Morocco-DR Congo match. In a statement released this Wednesday, January 24, immediately after CAF announced its decision to suspend Walid Regragui for four matches, including two with a suspended sentence, along with a fine, the FRMF reacted strongly and made known its decision to appeal this suspension, which it deems “unjust.”The top governing authority of national football said it has decided to appeal this “incomprehensible decision because Coach Regragui did not violate, at any moment, the values of fair play.”In an earlier clarification in response to the controversies following the Morocco-DR Congo match, the FRMF emphasized “the special and historical relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the fraternal ties between the peoples of the two countries.”

The first-ever multi-format, points-based series between Australia and South Africa gets underway with three T20Is from SaturdayT20 series factsWho: Australia v South AfricaWhat: Three-match T20I seriesWhen and where: January 27 and 28 at Manuka Oval (10.45am AEDT) and January 30 at Blundstone Arena (7.05pm AEDT). Possibly the biggest weakness for South Africa is the players who are not part of this series. South Africa were last in action in December, when they hosted Bangladesh in three T20Is and three ODIs. The multi-format tourAustralia and South Africa are set to meet in three T20Is, three ODIs and the first ever Test between the teams over the course of then next few weeks. South Africa have played Australia twice in ODIs at Manuka Oval, with the hosts winning on both occasions in 2016.

January 25, 2024 08:33 am | Updated 08:33 am IST - BrusselsThe EU on Wednesday launches a “European Ports Alliance” to harmonise methods in the fight against drug smuggling and to combat the hubs’ infiltration by criminal groups. In the European Union, nearly 70% of drug seizures by customs services are made in the bloc’s ports. That shows the need for more cooperation, not only between police and customs services but also with private operators in the ports, Ms. Johansson said. Smugglers also send drug shipments to West and North Africa, where they are loaded onto small boats that go to mainly Spanish ports, Ms. Johansson said. Currently, fentanyl use is “still on a very low level” in Europe, Ms. Johansson said.

In Niger, the coup removed the democratically elected President, Mohamed Bazoum, who enjoyed close ties with France and the US. The French military presence has also helped keep tyrants in power and leads the fight against domestic dissidents and extremist groups that threaten the ruler or country. They promise a “second scramble for independence” based on providing real freedom from domestic tyranny and external control. This would include reduced presence of military personnel and co-management of French military bases (except the one at Djibouti). All of them saw military coups recently and all of them are seeking a strong Wagner presence.

Egyptian fintech and customer loyalty app Zeal has closed a US$4 million funding round to help it increase its footprint into the wider MENA market. Founded in 2019 by Omar Ebeid, Zeal offers payment solutions to retailers and other offline businesses to improve in-store customer engagement and brand loyalty. This funding will further Zeal’s reach and impact, enhancing its existing payment acquirers portfolio and ease of integrating with POS terminals globally. “The global payment acquiring space is hungering for value-added service disruptors that can propel the next phase of innovation. We believe that Zeal’s holistic product is a key innovative solution to payment service providers and POS manufacturers globally,” he said.

French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne arrives for a Defence council at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris. France colonised Algeria for 132 years (1830-1962), leading to wars and conflicts that caused the deaths of between 500,000 and one million Algerians. However, Algeria’s request for an apology and potential reparation has been met coldly by Mr Macron. The word [apology] will sever all ties,” Mr Macron told Algerian writer Kamel Daoud in an interview published by Le Point magazine. President Vladimir Putin told Russian media in December Moscow was "preparing agreements on a free-trade area with Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.

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Christians in North Africa Face 'New Year of Persecution'As Algeria shutters evangelical churches, U.S. organization says 2024 will be 'very difficult''PERSECUTION IS A CROWN WE WEAR': Christians in North Africa face a "new year of persecution" that is intensifying in the shadow of the Holy Land conflict, says Middle East media ministry SAT-7 USA (www.sat7usa.org). NEWS PROVIDED BYSAT-7 USAJan. 24, 2024EASTON, Md., Jan. 24, 2024 /Standard Newswire/ -- Christians in North Africa, where less than 1% of the population follows Christianity, are facing a new year of escalating persecution in the shadow of the Holy Land conflict. "Persecution is like a crown we wear on our heads every single day," said Samia Kessai, a SAT-7 presenter in Algeria. Social media, especially, gives them the opportunity to chat and worship with other Arabic-speaking believers in real-time and join live Christian programs on their phones and digital devices. Launched in 1996, SAT-7 (www.sat7usa.org) -- with its international headquarters in Cyprus -- broadcasts Christian and educational satellite television and online programs to the Middle East and North Africa.

Morocco has launched a tender to build a waterway connecting two northern dams to ensure supply to Tangier industrial region. The project emulates the success of the waterway that carries water from the northwest to Rabat and Casablanca and which spared the two cities water cuts. Rainfall shortage this year was 67% lower compared to a normal year, according to the Moroccan water minister. Morocco is also stepping up its desalination projects, notably in large cities such as Casablanca, besides taking measures to preserve ground water. In Errachidia, authorities banned the water intensive cultivation of melons for fear of depleting already scarce ground water.