The Emirate of Sharjah has welcomed the delegations of 24 countries participating in the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019 as part of the Olympics' Host Cities Programme

Ways of accelerating ties between the UAE and the Republic of Benin were the main topic of discussions at a meeting between Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Aurelien Agbenonci, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Benin

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan received two letters from President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania and President Patrice Talon of Benin regarding the UAE's bilateral relations with their respective countries, and ways to enhance them

The OPEC Fund for International Development, OFID, has signed a 15 million euros trade finance loan agreement with Coris Bank International SA, CBI SA, Burkina Faso, to support on-lending to corporates and Small and Medium-size Enterprises, SMEs

Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, has met with Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia, on the sidelines of the 32nd ordinary session of the assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The ‘Women in Government Forum’ to be held during the seventh edition of the World Government Summit taking place from 10-12 February in Dubai is set to discuss a number of topics related to the involvement of women in the public sector and their success in leading international organisations

The authorities and armed groups of the Central African Republic (CAR) initialed on Tuesday a peace agreement at the talks in Khartoum

The Russian sailors who were captured by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea are alive, a coordinator of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) in Russia, Sergey Fishov, told Sputnik on Thursday, adding that the kidnappers demanded a ransom, and negotiations were ongoing

The owner company of the MSC Mandy ship, which was assaulted last week off Benin's coast, is creating a team that will be tasked to communicate with the pirates who kidnapped six Russian sailors during the assault, and the first round of talks may be held later in the day, Rafaele Porzio, the official spokesman for the owner company, told Sputnik on Wednesday