BRICS talks tackle expansion but what about a currency?
Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) will meet in South Africa on August 22 to 24,...
Year: 2023
60 dead as migrant boat sinks in Cape Verde
More than 60 migrants are presumed to have died on board a boat that left the coast of Senegal at the...
Truce holds but 55 dead in Tripoli clashes
Tripoli's worst armed clashes in a year have resulted in the death of 55 people and wounded 146 as a truce...
Haitham El-Zobaidi: What Tunisia needs…
What Tunisia needs, today and now, is an Emirati political decision to provide the type of support that stabilises the...
4 Million Displaced in 4-Month Sudan Crisis
As the war in Sudan has reached its fourth month on 15th August, the situation is now "spiraling out of...
Putin calls for peaceful resolutions to crisis in Niger
Niger’s junta on August 15 said that it was open to talks to solve a crisis caused by a military...
Moroccan beach paedo shocks nation
A 57-year-old man was arrested this week after a video circulating online showed him making sexual advancements to a minor...
Tunisia, Libya deal to launch trade corridor
Tunisia and Libya have agreed to a trade deal worth USD 1.6bn which will launch a trade corridor, connecting the...
Tensions in Libya escalate as clashes break out
Clashes broke out in Libya as seizure of a powerful armed faction commander was reported. Tensions in the country’s capital city,...
Moroccan prisoners reach record-breaking high
On the 7th August, the Moroccan prime minister issued an official letter to the press, stating that the number of...
Highest ever temperature recorded in Morocco amid heatwaves
Temperatures in Morocco have soared as temperatures have exceeded 50 degrees celsius for the first time on record. The...
26 members of Nigeria’s security forces killed in ambush
At least 26 members of the Nigerian security forces were killed whilst eight were wounded in an ambush by gunmen in...
Algeria Reports Danish Minister’s Quran Apology
Algeria said on August 14 that Denmark's foreign minister apologised for the recent Quran burnings by far-right extremists in Copenhagen. A statement by...
Moroccan navy rescues 60 migrants in the Atlantic
Morocco’s navy rescued more than 60 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa as their boat got into difficulties in the Atlantic off Tarfaya, ...
Morocco MP and journalist sentenced for ticket racket
A Moroccan parliamentarian and a journalist were sentenced on August 12 over ticket fraud for tickets for the 2022 World...
