Mauritania’s former president jailed for corruption
Mauritania’s former president has been jailed for 15 years and fined three million dollars on charges of corruption. The move...
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Libya: Clashes continue across Tripoli
Hopes that a new government and president can be elected and peace can be realistically attained, either with a UN...
Egypt signs $221 million in oil and gas deals
On May 14th, Egypt’s oil ministry signed five new agreements with unnamed foreign companies for oil and gas exploration in...
Tunisia’s democracy faces breaking point
The future of Tunisian democracy hangs in the balance after former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh was sentenced to 34 years...
Jean Sovon: Mauritania deports large flow of Sub-Saharan migrants
Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are being detained and deported from Mauritania. Some members of civil society in Mauritania...
Drone strikes mark new phase in Sudan War as conflict escalates
Port Sudan, once seen as a safe haven, has come under a wave of drone strikes aimed at critical infrastructure....
Dr Mustafa Fetouri: Tripoli riots compromise Libya’s stability
Clashes erupted rather suddenly in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, underscoring the fragile security situation in the country. The violence which involved...
Ugandan troops breach UN arms embargo
Amnesty International has warned both the UN and the public in a new report of a series of clear breaches...
Gunfire continues across the capital of Libya
Gunfire has continued to be heard across districts of Tripoli despite the fact that the authorities in Libya had declared...
Algeria-France relations reach “totally blocked” state
Algeria is set to expel more French diplomats, with France ready to respond with its own expulsions. The relationship between...
Burkina Faso strenghtens ties with the Taliban
Burkina Faso's radical leader, Ibrahim Traoré, continues his pivot from the West, now deepening relations with Afghanistan’s Taliban regime. The...
Martin Jay: Ursula von der Leyen will prove the demise of the EU
Things are getting a bit out of hand in Brussels as the elite panic like never before. Now they’re talking...
Trump meets Syrian president as US removes sanctions
President Trump met with Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia, marking the first US-Syrian presidential meeting since 2000. Following the...
South African president criticises white refugees fleeing to US
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticized a group of 59 white South Africans who recently arrived in the United...
Spanish police bust Morocco-linked cannabis trafficking network
Spanish police have busted a Morocco-linked drug ring smuggling hashish and laundering millions of dollars through a network of shell...
