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The United Arab Emirates on Saturday said a new criminal code would come into force in January as part of what it called the most sweeping legal reform in the Gulf state’s history. State news agency WAM reported the government is changing 40 laws this year. It did not make clear, however, which of the changes – which concern commercial companies, online security, trade, copyright, residency, narcotics and social issues – were new and which had been previously reported. One change that appears new is the ratification of a Federal Crime and Punishment Law, effective from Jan. 2, 2022, designed t… Continue reading “New UAE criminal code among 40 legal changes in reform push”

Tanzania is among top African countries with the highest number of livestock, being second only to Ethiopia. But, the country is yet to fully utilise the potential it has in meat exports. Statistics from the Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Census Report 2020 show that the country had 33.9 million cattle in 2020/21, up from 33.4 million in 2019/20. The report shows that the country had 24 million goats in 2020, higher than 21.29 million in 2019, while the population of sheep reached 8.5 million last year as compared to 5.65 million in 2019. Furthermore, it was indicated in the report that … Continue reading “Tanzania ‘can benefit from meat exports’”

Not too many years ago, Iran was struggling to support the Syrian regime when its survival was on the line amid a gruesome civil war. Fighting Bashar al-Assad’s authoritarian government were a host of armed militias which had received massive amounts of money from several Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member-states. Today, however, Tehran is observing most Gulf monarchies coming to terms with the Assad regime’s survival. Within the GCC, Abu Dhabi is the main driver behind efforts to rehabilitate Syria’s government, recently highlighted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Foreign Minister Shei… Continue reading “Rehabilitating Assad: The struggle for influence in Syria”