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ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the signing of a constitutional declaration between the military and main opposition coalition in the brotherly nation of Sudan. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said that the signing of the agreement between the representatives of the two sides, “is the cornerstone for achieving ...

AJMAN / WAM Ajman University and Noor Bank have launched an AED3.2 million waqf (endowment) initiative to promote the Islamic banking and finance industry in the UAE. The move followed a landmark agreement signed between the two parties to establish the Noor Fund for Educational Solidarity that provides, in perpetuity, an endowed professorship and four scholarships in Islamic Banking and ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Monday announced the first exports of bauxite ore from Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) its mining project in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa, marking the completion of EGA’s strategic expansion upstream in the aluminium value chain to create an integrated global aluminium giant. The GAC project, and Al Taweelah alumina refinery, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The National Elections Committee (NEC) said that young individuals — aged between 21 and 33 — represent around 33 percent of the registered electorate, adding that 100,000 young people out of a total of 337,738 citizens, are participating in the current round of the Federal National Council (FNC) election. The NEC also stressed that its electoral ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Brazil would welcome a BRICS-like bloc with the Gulf states to work towards achi- eving common goals, according to an influential Brazilian Congressman. Brazil is the current chair of the BRICS, an informal association of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. “We are open to new markets and new opportunities; therefore, ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced its cooperation with Stanford University in numerous research and development fields involving researchers at its Research and Development Centre through its membership in the university’s ‘Energy 3.0 Programme’. The fields of research include radiation cooling to improve the efficiency and performance of solar panels, utilisation of autonomous robots in ...

DUBAI / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced that Hazzaa Al Mansoori, the UAE’s first astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on September 25, will host a traditional Emirati food night at the station. Al Mansoori will be dressed in the traditional Emirati clothes, and will offer his fellow astronauts three Emirati foods — ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Cares has announced its support of a two-year research and design phase of a project that aims to provide continuous quality education for children whose education has been disrupted by rapid onset or protracted crises. Dubai Cares is contributing AED1,102,050 ($300,000) to the project. The research explores the development of a global quality learning curriculum framework ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi’s hotels have posted remarkable year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2019, with hotel guest numbers reaching a record 1.2 million for the April to June period, a 6.8 percent increase from the same period in 2018. The latest report from the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) also ...

NEW DELHI / WAM The recent visit to New Delhi by HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, “provided an opportunity for India and the UAE to constructively build on the vision of their comprehensive strategic partnership and to broaden cooperation in various sectors of mutual interest,” the Indian Minister of State for ...