Former prison mate of jailed Egyptian-Brit to go on hunger strike
An Australian journalist who was once jailed for 400 days in Egypt is staging a hunger strike in London to...
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Oxfam says wealth of billionaires soared in 2024
Advocacy group Oxfam said that the wealth of billionaires globally grew three times faster in 2024 than the previous year,...
Egypt’s Sisi hosts Libya’s Haftar for first time since 2021
Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi hosted Libya's Khalifa Haftar, the military leader who controls the east of the country, on...
CIA updates Morocco map to include Western Sahara
The CIA updated its official map of Morocco on January 15th to include the disputed territory of Western Sahara that...
Congo: Chinese nationals jailed for illegal gold mining
Three Chinese nationals have been sentenced to seven years in prison in Democratic Republic of Congo amid a major crackdown...
Togo hints at joining the new alliance of Sahel states
Togo's foreign minister has hinted that Togo may join the new Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as the major geopolitical...
Mozambique’s ex-finance minister given two more years in prison
Mozambique's former finance minister will serve another two and half years behind bars for his part in the "tuna bond"...
South Sudan deploys forces along Ugandan border
South Sudan has deployed troops along its border with Uganda as tensions rise over the long-running border dispute. According to...
TikTok restores service in US after Trump intervention
TikTok said on January 19th that it was restoring its service after president-elect Donald Trump vowed to revive the app's...
Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas begins in Gaza
Palestinians celebrated in the streets and return to what was left of their bombed-out homes on January 19th, and Hamas...
Minister says Libya needs $3-4 billion to boost oil production
Libya's acting oil and gas minister Khalifa Abdulsadek told Reuters on January 18th that his country needs between $3 billion...
At least 60 killed in Nigeria by fuel tanker truck blast
A minimum of 60 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on January 18th when a petrol tanker...
Drone attacks cause power outages in Sudan
Most of the army-controlled areas in Sudan have been plunged into blackouts following drone attacks on power generation facilities by...
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban
The US Supreme Court has upheld a law banning TikTok in the country unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells...
Nigeria admitted to BRICS as a partner country
BRICS chair Brazil says Nigeria has been admitted as a “partner country” of the bloc, according to ABC on January...
