MENA news
Egypt’s 2025 senate elections sees record low 17% turnout
Egypt faced a 17% turnout in a record low for the country's first round of Senate elections, displaying a severe lack of interest by the Egyptian public in the outcome...
Report alleges Algeria–Polisario coordination
A Morocco-aligned news outlet has accused the Algerian government and the Polisario Front of engaging in activities intended to boost the separatist movement in Western Sahara amid what it describes...
Paris-Algiers relations under more diplomatic strain
France is set to tighten diplomatic and visa measures against Algeria, and the risk of lasting damage to relations is high, as reported by the Morocco-friendly outlet North Africa Post...
US offers $50 million reward for arrest of Venezuelan President
The United States has announced a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, as reported by Reuters on August 8th. Maduro is...
Chlef, Algeria: Missing 17-year-old girl
17-year-old Algerian girl, Marwa Bouhali, has gone missing, reported TSA on August 10th. The news has shaken the entire nation, according to the outlet. Bouhali lives in the 50 Logements...
Macron admits to ‘violence’ during Cameroon independence “war”
According to France 24, August 13th, President Macron has acknowledged in a letter sent to Cameroonian President Paul Biya, that France waged a "war" that made use of great "repressive...
Morocco’s tourism minister ranks 5th in Forbes MENA 2025
The Moroccan Tourism Minister, Fatim-Zahra Ammor, has apparently ranked fifth place in Forbes Middle East 2025’s Top 100 Travel and Tourism Leaders. According to the Moroccan government friendly news outlet...
Israelis take to the streets over Netanyahu’s plan for Gaza war
Thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on August 9th to stand out against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's intention of escalating the Gaza conflict, according to The Guardian via...
Turkey inks security deal with Syria for weapons supply
Turkey has inked a security deal with Syria to support Damascus with military training as well as equipment procurement, according to a Turkish defense ministry source, Middle East Eye via...
Geopolitics
Graft
Mali’s ex-PM charged with undermining the state
Mali’s military government has charged one of the country’s former prime ministers with crimes against the state, following his post on X. As the BBC...
Corruption trial hearings postponed for Israel’s Netanyahu
Following a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Jerusalem court partly agreed to postpone his corruption trial hearings, Radio France Internationale reported on...
Turkish authorities continue crackdown on the country’s opposition
Five elected mayors have been suspended by Turkish authorities as the crackdown on the country's opposition continues. According to AP News, the suspended mayors represent...
Senegal’s anti-corruption crusade bags another ex-Minister
Senegal’s anti-corruption crusade is gaining momentum, with the country’s entrenched elites increasingly under fire. As President Bassirou Faye, makes good on his campaign promises, critics...
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 may mark a pivotal shift...
Politics
Egypt’s 2025 senate elections sees record low 17% turnout
Egypt faced a 17% turnout in a record low for the country's first round of Senate elections, displaying a severe lack of interest by the...
Report alleges Algeria–Polisario coordination
A Morocco-aligned news outlet has accused the Algerian government and the Polisario Front of engaging in activities intended to boost the separatist movement in Western...
Senegal asset declaration draft law attracts controversy
Controversy surrounds a significant draft law concerning asset declarations being debated in the Senegal National Assembly, according to Africanews on August 14th. The debate, set...
UK’s Starmer under pressure to expel Israeli ambassador
An array of UK members of parliament (MPs) have urged the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, to expel the Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely,...
Police in Iraq’s Kurdistan region arrest opposition leader
Iraqi Kurdish police stated that they had arrested the main opposition party leader in the autonomous Kurdistan region in north Iraq, according to The New...
Egypt, Jordan to train Palestinian police force
Plans are afoot for Palestinians to recruit their own police officers to be trained outside of Israel. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on the...
Tabloid
Madonna urges Pope to go to Gaza, pushes for humanitarian aid
The US singer, Madonna, has urged Pope Leo to visit Gaza, as the humanitarian crisis in the enclave continues to worsen, Middle East Eye via...
Hakimi asked to withdraw interview comments amid ongoing case
Moroccan international and star PSG right back Achraf Hakimi, has reportedly been urged to retract his Ballon d’or comments amid the ongoing controversy over rape...
Morocco’s PSG star Achraf Hakimi to face rape trial
While the Paris Saint-Germain star denies the rape allegations, French prosecutors are pushing for a trial that could either end his career or highlight how...
Moroccan woman sentenced to life after killing her newborn
The Spanish Supreme Court has sentenced a Moroccan woman to life in prison for suffocating her newborn baby shortly after birth. As Yabiladi reported on...
Fatal fight breaks out in Moroccan café over a hashish joint
Two Moroccan friends in the town of Tamenesourt got into an altercation which led to the death of one of them, the fight accordingly stemmed...
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