GENEVA / WAM The UN refugee Agency has commended the UAE for supporting humanitarian efforts to airlift emergency aid and supplies to Ethiopian refugees in Sudan. Spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Babar Baloch, told a news briefing in Geneva that a plane carrying 32 tons of UNHCR emergency aid from global stockpile in Dubai landed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, has ordered the award of the Fallen Frontline Heroes Order to those who have lost their lives on the frontlines while tackling Covid-19. The award is based on a proposal by HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi’s non-oil exports and re-exports reached AED32.8 billion between June and August 2020, up 62.5 percent compared to AED20.2 billion recorded between March and May this year, a report issued by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) showed. The report reveals the emirate’s exports and re-exports of non-oil goods amid the coronavirus pandemic, ...