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MWL Secretary General Condoles Algeria over Forest Fires Victims

Burnt trees and a bus are pictured following a wildfire in El Kala, in Al Taref province, Algeria August 18, 2022. (Reuters)
Burnt trees and a bus are pictured following a wildfire in El Kala, in Al Taref province, Algeria August 18, 2022. (Reuters)
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MWL Secretary General Condoles Algeria over Forest Fires Victims

Burnt trees and a bus are pictured following a wildfire in El Kala, in Al Taref province, Algeria August 18, 2022. (Reuters)
Burnt trees and a bus are pictured following a wildfire in El Kala, in Al Taref province, Algeria August 18, 2022. (Reuters)

Secretary General of Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Dr. Muhammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa expressed his condolences to Algeria over the victims and people injured by forest fires that swept the country.

He expressed full solidarity with the government and people of Algeria, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

Thirty-seven people were killed and 183 injured in the wildfires.

The wildfires were burning in mountainous areas and the victims were from the provinces of Al Taref, and Setif, in the eastern part of the arid and semi-arid country, Africa's largest.

A year ago, at least 65 were killed by wildfires in the Kabylie region.

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Qatar's Emir Makes Cabinet Reshuffle

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. QNA
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. QNA
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Qatar's Emir Makes Cabinet Reshuffle

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. QNA
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. QNA

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Tuesday appointed the CEO of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Mansour Ibrahim al-Mahmoud, as the country's next minister of health.

The Emir appointed Mohammed Saif Saeed al Suwaidi as QIA's next CEO.

As part of Tuesday's cabinet shuffle, Qatar's Emir also appointed Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani as the country's new minister of commerce and industry.
Sheikh Faisal is QIA's chief of Asia-Pacific and Africa investments and the chairman of Qatari telecoms group Ooredoo. It is unclear if he will remain in those roles.
The Emir appointed Lolwah bint Rashid Al-Khater as the new education minister. She served previously as minister of state for international cooperation and led Qatar's global humanitarian efforts, especially in Gaza and Lebanon.