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The Biden administration considers taking advantage of the alliances built by Donald Trump in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Gulf to reduce security and defense costs.

We have to consider that wheat is the most important part of the diets in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana once said, “Only the dead have seen the end of war,” which best explains the…

n response to the recent events at al-Aqsa Mosque, nearly every Middle Eastern and North African government has condemned the Israeli occupiers’ brutality against the Palestinians.

Some of them are major economies that are a part of the G20 such as China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and South Africa.

Denmark following the UK’s lead Denmark is in discussions with Rwanda about establishing a new system for transporting asylum seekers to the East African country, after Britain's announcement a similar plan last week.

NATO was hesitant to get involved in the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa after the Iraq and Afghanistan experiences, and failed to reach a consensus among its member states on Syria or Libya.

While the far-right Marine Le Pen has long expressed her admiration for Camus, Éric Zemmour, a far-right candidate who called for banning Arabic names, and giving employers the right not to employ Arabs/African,  has turned Camus's theory into the central idea of ​​his media show and political propaganda.

Between 1958 and 1976, the Saharawi people’s territory was known as the "Spanish province in Africa.

For example, the R5 initiative was proposed and targets the use of the respective national currencies of BRICS countries—ruble (Russia), rand (South Africa), real (Brazil), rupee (India), and renminbi (China)—to settle trades mutually and globally.

North Africa and the Middle East import more than 50% of their grains from these two countries, and most of their wheat and barley.

Thousands of North African and Middle Eastern refugees and asylum seekers try crossing the Mediterranean every year as a result of poverty and conflict in their home countries.

The Trump administration’s policy of containing Russia in the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East by ignoring Turkey enabled Moscow to develop strategic ties and crisis management tools with Ankara.

Read: South Africa: The Challenges of LiberationIt is important to note that when the crusaders arrived in the Levant, certain Christian groups fought alongside Muslims to repel the invading forces.

The Black African Defense League (LDNA) made calls to show solidarity with Ukraine and to send volunteer fighters.

While Europe is trying to reduce its dependency on Russian gas, the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries could experience a serious food crisis due to their high dependence on Ukrainian and Russian wheat and other grains.

Read: Iran’s Bitter Choice and the Russia-Ukraine WarSecond, Russian private military companies such as the Wagner Group are sent to war zones to support pro-Russian figures such as Khalifa Haftar of Libya and attempt to encircle NATO for strategic leverage such as the Russian military presence in Africa.

The myth of a war-safe Europe also denies the fact that looking at the colonial history of Africa and the Middle East, European fingerprints are present.

Read: AfCFTA and Pan-Africanism: Do China and the US Have a Role in the Agreement?The intertwined nature of the actors and dynamics require a multidimensional response to the problems.

Another incident of behind-the-scenes competition can be seen in the UAE’s attempts to encourage journalists in Africa to campaign against Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.