NEW YORK / WAM Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN, announced that the UAE will contribute $5 million to the UN Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) for the year 2019 at CERF’s annual High-Level Pledging Event on December 7. “As a testament to CERF’s effectiveness and the UAE’s commitment to its principles of humanity, ...

HODEIDAH / WAM Houthi militias continue to cause damage to the infrastructure and services in Yemen by setting-up booby traps in schools and planting improvised explosive devices and mines in food cans and bags, as part of their destructive strategies to achieve maximum loss of life. In this regard, the Al Sharaf School in Hodeidah has been transformed into a ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), represented by the Sharjah Exports Development Centre, will organise a trade mission to Kenya and Uganda, as part of its strategy to find and develop marketing opportunities for local industries in promising foreign markets, and especially in Africa. The chamber’s trade mission will travel on Monday, along with the ...