Defence and natural resources on the Moscow-Sahel table
Defence is currently the largest area of cooperation between Russia and the three Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Mali and...
Day: 25 August 2025
Sahel states inching closer to Moscow
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, are cementing ties with Russia following their separation from the ECOWAS partnership and the establishment...
Libyans want elections as soon as possible
The United Nations has finished conducting public surveys across Libya in which citizens are given four options proposed by an...
UN finishes it’s public survey on Libyan elections
After two months, the UN has finished its public survey to assess how Libyan citizens want to nation to move...
South Africa fighting to save HIV treatment after US aid cut
South Africa is struggling under the weight of severe US aid cuts to its HIV program, threatening to unravel the...
Burkina Faso ends Gates-backed Target Malaria project
Burkina Faso’s military junta has suspended the Target Malaria initiative aimed at combating malaria through the release of genetically modified...
Why does Azerbaijan stand by Israel as others turn away?
Azerbaijan has not only ended decades of war with Armenia, but by signing a peace deal in Washington, it has...
Sudan: RSF kill at least 13 people Darfur region attack
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have killed at least 13 people in the Darfur region, mostly women and children, according...
UN alarmed over worsening situation in Western Sahara
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that he is alarmed over the worsening human rights landscape in occupied Western Sahara,...
Dutch FM steps down as cabinet is divided over Israel sanctions
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp stepped down after the cabinet failed to reach consensus on sanctions against Israel, triggering the...
158 cholera deaths recorded in Sudan’s South Darfur since May
Since the end of May 2025, the paramilitary-controlled state government revealed that at least 158 cholera deaths have been recorded...
Film festival in Switzerland breaks silence on Gaza
An artistic director at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland condemned Israel and expressed his solidarity with Palestinians, while events...
Pope Leo XIV eyes Lebanon for first international trip
Pope Leo XIV may choose Lebanon for his first trip abroad since becoming head of the Catholic Church in May,...
Algeria halts Sahrawi transit amid rise in irregular migration
The Algerian military has stopped issuing permits allowing Sahrawis to legally exit the Tindouf camps and travel to Algeria, from...
Gazan prisoners face beatings and starvation in Israeli detention
Palestinians detained in Israel after being seized from Gaza are facing “the worst levels of torture and abuse” compared with...