Sweden endorses Moroccan plans to end Western Sahara conflict
Sweden publicly backed Morocco’s proposed autonomy plan for Western Sahara on January 21st, as support for the proposal increases amongst...
Day: 22 January 2026
Russia cements itself as the Sahel’s trusted partner
The recent coups in the Sahel have displayed an anti-Western sentiment, with its governments realigning with Russia for security and...
Amid the civil war in Sudan, Khartoum rebuilds
Despite the ongoing civil war across Sudan, the capital city of Khartoum has been undergoing reconstruction and is looking at...
Syria’s former VP and “Butcher of Hama” dies aged 88
Rifaat al-Assad, who earned the nickname, “the Butcher of Hama,” in 1982, for killing up to 40,000 people who attempted...
Tanya Goudsouzian: Syria-Kurdish deal threatened amid renewed violence
In 2014, the war against ISIS was focused in Iraq but it was clear that the end would come about...
Severe flooding in Tunisia causes devastation
Mass flooding has caused a range of severe damages and death across Tunisia, reports Asharq al Awsat on January 22nd....
Ugandan opposition leader in hiding after army chief threats
Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is currently in hiding after the country’s army chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the...
Congo offers US gold, lithium, copper-cobalt under minerals pact
Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo said that the state had sent the US a list of short-listed state...
Bahrain: King accepts Gaza “Board of Peace” invitation
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has accepted US President Donald Trump's invitation to join the so-called Gaza "Board...
Burkina Faso: Ousted leader extradited by Togo
The former transitional president of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been extradited by neighbouring Togo to his...
UN presses ahead with Structured Dialogue in Libya
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said discussions on the security and economic tracks of the Structured Dialogue...
Libya detains migrant smuggling suspects
Libya’s Public Prosecutor has ordered the detention of two members of a migrant smuggling gang operating along the Al-Khoms coast,...
