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South Africa shut out of G20, as tensions with US escalate
South Africa was not present at the first preparatory meetings for the 2026 G20 summit, after the United States removed it from the guest list, according to the New Arab...
East and west Libyan authorities enforce migrant return programs
In an effort to curtail the country’s irregular migration crisis, both east and west Libyan authorities have started to enforce migrant return programs, according to The Libya Observer and the...
South Sudan continues battling rising River Nile floods
In Akuak, South Sudan, families rely largely on fishing and daily maintenance of elevated land platforms to sustain their livelihoods. The area, known as Toich in the Dinka language, is...
Morocco to face Jordan in Arab cup final
Morocco will be facing Jordan in the final of the FIFA's Arab Cup on December 18th after the UAE and Syria were eliminated in previous rounds, reports BeIN SPORTS and...
Africa hits record coffee exports as Ethiopia and Uganda lead
Africa exported 1.18 million tonnes of coffee in 2025, with Ethiopia and Uganda as the key contributors, while coffee shipments from across the world declined, according to a report by...
Sudan’s military chief pushes for US-led peace talks
Sudan’s military chief and de facto head of state, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, has stated that he is prepared to collaborate with the US to end Sudan’s civil war, according to...
Martin Jay: The ‘Russian threat’ narrative conceals Ukraine’s graft
If there has ever been a twisted dichotomy of logic, it was always the West calling for bigger defence spending to prepare for a war with Russia, while in the...
Morocco: Deadly flash floods paralyse the country
Unprecedented rainfall and flash floods have caused the death of 37 people in the coastal city of Safi, as well as significant damage across Morocco, reports Le Matin on 15th...
Morocco announces two new deepwater ports
Morocco is building two new deepwater ports, one in the Northern city of Nador, and another in Dakhla in the Western Sahara, according to Maghrebi Week on 15th December. The...
Geopolitics
Graft
Ukraine: Zelensky visits London amid corruption scandal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spent December 8 in London with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany. The gathering was intended to signal Europe’s continued...
Gabon tourism minister held over alleged $18 million fraud
Pascal Ogowé Siffon, who was appointed Tourism Minister by Gabon’s military-led government in 2023, was accused of stealing $18 million from the ministry over the...
Israel: Netanyahu requests pardon from president
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 30th formally asked President Isaac Herzog for a pardon in his long-running corruption case, saying the criminal proceedings...
Gabon tourism minister detained for alleged $18m embezzlement
Gabon's tourism minister, Pascal Ogowé Siffon, is suspected of embezzling $18 million from the tourism ministry over the last two years, according to Africa News...
Ukraine: Zelennsky’s top aide resigns after anti-graft raid
A major political shock hit Ukraine when Andriy Yermak, long viewed as the country’s most powerful figure after the president, resigned on November 28 after...
Politics
Algeria: drop in unemployment rates, despite challenges
A report by the National Statistics Office claims that unemployment rates in Algeria have dropped to 9.7%, despite only 41.7% of adults working, according to...
Libya: UN to start structured dialogue
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced on December 13 that it has finalized the membership of a nationwide “Structured Dialogue,” a key...
Algerian separatist group holds ‘independence’ conference in Paris
The Algerian separatist group, Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia (MAK), held a controversial conference in Paris, during which it declared the creation of a...
BP reopens office in Libya’s capital
BP has taken a significant step to deepen its footprint in Libya’s energy industry with the reopening of its Tripoli office on 10 December, a...
Cameroon: 30 protestors jailed amid election unrest
An estimated 30 people have been detained amid unrest linked to the Cameroonian presidential election in October, according to a report by Africa News and...
Protestors jailed amid Cameroon election unrest
An estimated 30 protestors have been detained between December 12th and 13th, amid unrest linked to Cameroon's presidential election in October, according to Africa News...
Tabloid
Three Moroccans arrested in foiled German terrorist attack
German authorities said on December 13th they had detained five men, including three Moroccans, on suspicion of plans to plough a vehicle into a Christmas...
Algerian sex offender released by mistake is caught in London
An Algerian-born sex offender who was mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison in South London has been caught by police after over a week on the...
Algerian man hailed as hero after saving lives in UK attack
On November 4th, Samir Zitouni, an Algerian railway worker, was hailed as a hero for stepping in to defend people during the mass stabbing train...
Dick Cheney, former US vice president, passes away at 84
The American politician, Dick Cheney, passed away at 84 years old and was known as the Vice President under US President George W Bush, leaving...
UK: Debate grows after Israeli fans banned from football match
The UK government has intervened after Birmingham authorities decided to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from attending their club’s Europa League match against Aston Villa,...
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