Morocco steeplechase runner keeps gold, despite injuries
Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali kept his Olympic 3000m steeplechase title on August 7th to become just the third Arab to...
Year: 2024
Ukraine being isolated from Sahel over Wagner row
Ukraine’s government has angered Niger’s officials in a latest spat which has only succeeded in stirring up hatred against it...
Hamas announces new leader Yahya Sinwar
Now entering the tenth month of Israel’s offensive into Gaza, Hamas has decided to name the key architect of the...
Finland backs Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara
King Mohammed VI’s push for Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara gained more momentum from the international community on August 6th,...
Martin Jay: the link between Israel’s conflict and UK riots
Rioting in the UK has taken up a great deal of media bandwidth for at least a week, following the...
Tunisia court sentences Saied opponents
President Saeid of Tunisia sinks to new depths of desperation to cling on to power reminding many in the country...
Algeria wins Africa’s first gold in asymmetric bars
More good news for the Algerian Olympic team, with boxer Imane Khelif ensured to win a silver medal, and now...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: What we should look out for in the global south
The Global South Summit, which will convene in India on Aug. 17, comes at a moment in which nations historically...
Libya: $70 bln fund set to thaw from UN asset freeze
Formerly one of the wealthiest nations in Africa under the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya stands with its territory divided...
Sudan army chief survives assassination attempt
Hopes for Sudan’s 15-month-long civil war to come to an end may have been thrown to the wind as the...
Tunisia: Saied continues crackdown on opposition
With Tunisia’s Presidential election two months away, a hopeful candidate’s team was arrested by the police on July 28th, hours...
Macron offers Morocco king olive branch over Sahara
A three year row between France and Morocco seems to have ended, following a bold move by Emmanual Macron to...
Morocco king frees imprisoned journalists and intellectuals
Three journalists and an intellectual were pardoned and released from prison on July 29 by King Mohammed VI, reports AFP. Known...
Morocco: Cannabis sector booming with drought-resilient seed
As much of Morocco's countryside lays bare in its sixth consecutive year of drought, a new drought-resilient variant of the...
Libya: 12 officials jailed over deadly floods in Derna
The Attorney General announced in Tripoli that a Libyan court has jailed 12 officials over the mismanagement of dams that...
