Hafed Al-Ghwell: Africa is a continent at a crossroads
Africa enters 2026 carrying more weight than momentum. The continent is no longer operating on the margins of global disorder;...
Day: 2 January 2026
US urges Sudan’s warring parties to permit humanitarian aid entry
On December 31st the United States called on all warring parties in Sudan’s civil war to “meet their obligations to...
Morocco plans tax reforms in 2026 budget
Morocco’s General Tax Directorate has outlined key tax measures in its 2026 budget aimed at increasing the tax base, supporting...
Tunisia struggles to break slow growth cycle in 2025
Tunisia ended 2025 with weak economic growth and no clear path to recovery, highlighting deep structural problems that remain unresolved,...
Moroccan authorities crackdown on AFCON ticket scams
Police have arrested 118 people on charges of ticket fraud and illegal resale since the start of AFCON 2025, Moroccan...
Weather warnings issued as Morocco prepares for heavy rain
Severe weather is set to hit parts of Morocco again, with heavy rainfall, snow and high winds expected on 2nd...
UK to analyse black box from crash that killed Libyan army chief
Libya announced on January 1st that the United Kingdom has agreed to analyse the black box retrieved from a plane...
Netanyahu calls violent Israeli settlers “a handful of kids”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described violent Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank as a...
Algeria calls for Libyan-led solution to political crisis
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has renewed his call for a domestic solution to Libya’s long-running political crisis, warning that foreign...
Israel’s war on Gaza: Child killed by Israeli forces
Israeli forces killed 11-year-old Dana Hussein Ahmed Muqat in al-Zarqa, located northeast of Gaza City, on December 30th, according to...
Ugandan opposition figure denied bail in treason case
Kizza Besigye, a prominent Ugandan opposition figure, has been denied bail by Uganda's High Court in relation to charges of...
Libya demands the release of its citizens detained in Chad
Libya’s eastern-based Foreign Ministry has moved swiftly to respond to the detention of several Libyan citizens in Chad, announcing the...
AI data centres in space raise new environmental questions
As artificial intelligence drives explosive growth in energy-hungry data centres, technology companies are looking to space as a potential solution...
Somalia says it killed 29 al-Shabaab militants
Somalia’s armed forces have eliminated 29 al-Shabaab militants in the town of Jabad Godane in the country’s southeast, with international...
Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York mayor
Liberal Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the new mayor of New York City at midnight on the 1st January,...
