CMEA BULLETIN (June 11, 2020 – June 18, 2020)

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1.   Expat exodus could keep lid on Saudi unemployment rates
https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/expat-exodus-lid-saudi-unemployment-rates-200615153516702.html
2.   Israel approves ‘Trump Heights’ settlement
https://www.dw.com/en/israel-approves-trump-heights-settlement/a-53806102
3.   Syria war: Assad under pressure as economic crisis spirals
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53020105
4. Lebanon Protests Reignite as Pound Plunges on Black Market
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lebanon-protests-reignite-currency-plunges-063105534.html
5. US-Iraq talks promise US troop withdrawal, fall short of timeline
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/iraq-talks-promise-troop-withdrawal-fall-short-timeline-200612091554575.html
6. Russia hosts Zarif, promises to stand by Iran on nuclear deal
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/russia-hosts-zarif-promises-stand-iran-nuclear-deal-200616071636850.html
7. Turkish fighter jets attack PKK sites in northern Iraq
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/turkish-fighter-jets-attack-pkk-sites-northern-iraq-200615010815936.html
8.South Africa starts consultations on nuclear new build
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Africa-begins-consultations-ahead-of-nuclear?feed=feed
9. Three EAC States to Pay Sh35 Trillion in Debt Servicing
https://allafrica.com/stories/202006150924.html
10. Zimbabwe Dismisses Rumours of Coup and Country is Stable
https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN23I0XC-OZATP
11. Bodies of 61 migrants recovered from shipwreck off Tunisia
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1689816/middle-east
12. U.N. Expresses Horror at Mass Graves in Libya
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/world/middleeast/libya-mass-graves.html
13.Islamic State West Africa Province Kills Dozens in Borno State https://www.persecution.org/2020/06/16/islamic-state-west-africa-province-kills-dozens-borno-state/
14. Do not use untested Covid-19 remedies, WHO Africa warns
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52544187