An outbreak of cholera has put many thousands of lives at risk, the United Nations warned in June 2016. It warned that the number of cases was expected to rise…

A severe outbreak of cholera has added to the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe since 1945 that shows signs of further deterioration. The failure of peace talks has reduced the already…

On 23 November 2011, Yemen’s now former president Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a power-transfer agreement, brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, effectively ending his decades long rule…

Even by the tumultuous standards of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have…

Over the past several decades, the MENA region has realised the growing importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development and diversification, job creation, reducing unemployment, raising incomes,…