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Libya seizes nearly $1 million worth of hashish
Authorities in eastern Libya have seized a large shipment of hashish near the coastal city of Tobruk, in a major operation targeting suspected drug smuggling, as reported by Reuters on...
Saudi Arabia and Egypt sign energy cooperation deals
Saudi Arabia signed three energy cooperation agreements with Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt to strengthen regional partnerships, according to Arab News via the Saudi Press Agency on October 12th. The memoranda,...
Sudan: At least 72 workers killed in air strikes on border
At least 72 workers were killed in air strikes on a gold mine along the Sudan-Egypt border on October 10th, according to France 24 with AFP, on October 12th. The...
Sudan: Dozens killed in air strikes targetting gold mines
Air strikes hit artisanal gold mining camps near Sudan's border with Egypt on October 10th, killing and injuring dozens, according to the Sudan Tribune on October 11th. At least five...
Libyan teachers’ movement continues strike over unmet demands
Teachers in Libya have continued their strike, disrupting classes despite government appeals to reopen schools and a decision by the national teachers’ union to end its sit-in, as reported by...
Libya and Russia discuss plans to open Russian cultural centre
Libya’s Foreign Minister of the Parliament-designated government has discussed plans to open the Russian House cultural centre in Libya as part of efforts directed at expanding cultural, scientific and educational...
Sahel: Number of displaced people doubles since 2020
The number of displaced people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has almost doubled since 2020, reported RFI on 11 October. According to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, the three...
Djibouti: Over 100 dead after migrant boat capsizes
The UN has said that at least 109 people died, 15 of them children, after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Djibouti overnight on 8-9 October, reported Arab...
Egypt and Malaysia discuss Middle East conflict
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim discussed a political settlement to the Middle East conflict during talks in Kuala Lumpur, according to Africa News AP on...
Geopolitics
Graft
Libya: former minister of water resources faces prison
Libya’s Administrative Control Authority has announced the issuance of a judicial sentence to imprison the former Minister of Water Resources of the country's Government of...
Libyan representative denies salary increase speculations
The official spokesman of the Libyan House of Representatives (HOR) denied what was circulated regarding the existence of a proposed salary increase for HOR members,...
Tunisia’s uncertain political landscape under Kais Saied
Reports and rumours are circulating surrounding a decline in the Tunisian President Kais Saied’s health. Due to recent failures in public utilities, and Saied’s worsening...
Sarkozy back in court over Libya allegations
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared in court in Paris on March 17th over allegations of Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign, as reported...
Former French president Sarkozy back in court over Libya scandal
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared in a Paris court on 16 March for the start of an appeal trial over allegations that his 2007 presidential campaign...
Politics
Sudan: senior RSF commander defects to army with 300 fighters
Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Azraq al-Fanjari, commander of the special missions and special operations group within Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has defected to the...
Tunisia: Labour Union and protesters “centralise demands”
Tunisia’s largest trade union and numerous civil society organisations have called for a protest on 17 October amid high unemployment and diminishing economic and...
Libya: Speaker of eastern parliament ousted
The speaker of Libya’s eastern parliament based in Benghazi has been ousted from his 12-year tenure after a waning of influence, RFI reported on 7...
Libya: Government welcomes election of new parliament leader
The Libyan government in charge of the presidency of Osama Hammad welcomed the election of a new presidency of the House of Representatives, as reported...
Libya: Aguila Saleh calls new parliamentary session
The Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, has called for an official parliamentary session on October 5th at the House’s headquarters in Benghazi,...
Iran: Oil minister resigns
Iran’s Oil Minister has resigned with no reason given, as the US-Israeli war on Iran places a burden on the country’s economy, Arab News and...
Tabloid
Moroccan influencer “Soukaina Glamour” arrested
Moroccan authorities have arrested a controversial social media personality, Moroccan government-friendly Yabiladi reported on August 13th. Soukaina Janah, widely recognised online as "Soukaina Glamour," was...
Has France crippled its largest Algerian-linked drug gang?
France has launched a law enforcement operation targeting a powerful drug syndicate known as the DZ Mafia, RFI reports on the 5th of August. Known...
Egyptian TV host sentenced to death in drug trafficking case
Sarah Khalifa, a well known tv host in Egypt has been given the death penalty along with 12 others for trafficking drugs, The New Arab...
Mexican cartels expand meth operations into Nigeria
A major methamphetamine bust in Nigeria has exposed the growing international reach of Mexican cartels and criminal networks. It signals a wider shift in the...
Revealed: The truth behind the viral ‘dancing dentist’ video
A viral "dancing dentist" video led to a woman being falsely identified as an Egyptian dentist, an Iraqi dentist and even the subject of a...
World
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