The Gulf’s consumers are keeping a keen eye on the weighing scales … health and wellness — and products that support it — are now their top priority, according to a Nielsen survey. In fact, 67 per cent of respondents in the UAE and 66 per cent in Saudi Arabia conform to this opinion.

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Three months after its major source market voted to leave the European Union, the island of Ireland is increasing its focus on bringing in more visitors from Asia such as high-spending Arab Gulf travellers.

The uncertainty of the economic implications of Brexit has generated concern in Europe, including for the"...

In a historic step towards accelerating global efforts to enhance the status of girls and women worldwide, the NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) – an organisation dedicated to developing opportunities for women – has launched the ‘NAMA International Women Fund’ (NAMA Fund) on the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly held at the UN Headquarters in New York.

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The GSMA today confirmed the final speaker line-up and agenda for its upcoming Mobile 360 Series – Middle East conference taking place in Dubai 17-18 October 2016. The mobile industry-focused event, which is now in its fourth year, brings together a world-class conference programme that includes senior representatives from the region’s mobile operators, ecosystem players, vertical industries and governments to discuss the impact of mobile across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

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The World Bank Group released on 25 Sept, 2016 its newest Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) for Sudan. The CEM provides Sudan’s authorities with analysis and advice on accelerating structural transformation and economic diversification.
Sudan’s economy contracted severely following the secession of South Sudan in 2011 with the loss of 75% of its oil revenues. It has since achieved some recovery driven by exploiting other export possibilities, notably gold and livestock. But to reach a more diversified, non-natural resource economy it is essential that Sudan undertakes a combination...

Khartoum - The final communique of the forum on “Impacts of Coercive Unilateral sanctions on Human Rights Condition in Africa with Sudan as a case in point” has demanded an international agreements that respects and criminalize inposition of any unilateral sanctions in the future and the state imposing the snaction is to compensate those affected by them .
The speakers at the forum which was organized the Economic and Social council of the African Union in cooperation with the National Group in Human Rights council in Geneva has affirmed illegality and illegitimacy of the American...