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Osman Mirghani: Unchecked armament fuels chaos in Sudan
The proliferation of arms has returned to the forefront in Sudan once again. Shots were fired following an altercation between a man and a group affiliated with an armed faction...
Swiss bank UBS opens advisory office in Abu Dhabi
The Swiss bank UBS has opened a new advisory office in Abu Dhabi’s financial centre, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), The National reported on October 15th. UBS’ new office is...
UK university flagged for Israel-linked investments
Oxford University in the UK was found to have indirectly invested in at least 49 firms that have been linked to illegal Israeli activity in the occupied Palestinian territories, an...
Libya’s General Saddam Haftar deepens defence ties with Cairo
General Saddam Haftar, second in-command of the Libyan National Army (LNA), has met with military officials in Cairo, attending an Egyptian Military Academy's graduation ceremony, where he congratulated several new...
Egypt increases domestic fuel prices
Egypt increased prices on various fuel products, the second increase this year, Reuters reported on October 17th citing Egypt's official gazette. ​Diesel, one of the most widely used fuels, saw...
Sudan crisis at risk of worsening amid aid cuts
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) warned on October 15th that funding cuts could push 13.7 million people into extreme hunger, according to a report by The New Arab and agencies....
UK: Oxford University continues to invest in Israel
The University of Oxford has continued to invest in companies linked to Israel's human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, according to a Middle East Eye analysis on October...
“AI is a new oil” says UAE cyber chiefÂ
Artificial Intelligence is “a new oil” for the UAE according to its head of Cybersecurity Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, the World Economic Forum stated in its article published on October 14th....
Food aid cuts deepen Sudan crisis
Funding cuts to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) could push millions into extreme hunger, with Sudan potentially bearing the brunt, according to a report from The New Arab and...
Geopolitics
Graft
Former Algerian minister imprisoned for 7 years on embezzlement charges
The former Labour Minister of Algeria Tijani Hassan Haddam has been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for embezzling more than $45 million from the nation's...
Morocco: Interior Ministry investigates bribery allegations
The Moroccan Interior Ministry has launched an inquiry after a councillor alleged a former governor sought millions for a road project. According to Yabiladi on...
Former French President Sarkozy jailed in Gaddafi cash scandal
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy finally finds out his fate in the Gaddafi cash scandal case. According to the BBC on September 25th, a Paris...
Former Mali PM Choguel Maiga faces embezzlement charges
Mali’s former Prime Minister Choguel Maiga is facing embezzlement charges amid a broader military crackdown on dissent, according to an Al Jazeera report published on...
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...
Politics
Tunisia court hands death sentence to defendants in Belaid case
Tunisia's Court of Appeal issued 23 sentences varying from four years in prison to the death penalty in the case surrounding the assassination of politician,...
Morocco’s Gen Z protests: A bullet that broke the silence
The murder of a young filmmaker in Morocco sparks further unrest amongst the Gen Z protesters, according to The Guardian on October 14th. A freshly...
Iraq elections: prominent Sunni candidate killed in bomb attack
Safa al-Mashhadani, a rising Iraqi parliamentary candidate representing the Siyada Alliance, was killed in a bomb attack, north of Baghdad, in Iraq, Asharq al-Awsat reported...
17 young Moroccans sentenced after Ait Amira’s violent protests
Despite a pause in the youth protests in Morocco where the King intervened, the state will still go ahead with a number of harsh sentences...
UN envoy concerned over Libya’s stalled transitional process
The United Nations envoy to Libya warned that further instability awaits if rival factions are unable to come to an agreement over the implementation of...
Moroccan youth organise peaceful sit-ins to pressure government
GenZ 212 is the Moroccan youth group that has shaken the country for the past two weeks with peaceful protests, with some of the demonstrations...
Tabloid
US ambassador to Israel featured in “Greater Israel” song
The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, was featured in a music video singing “Sweet Home Yerushalayim,” a pro-Israeli rendition of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s "Sweet Home...
Eurovision delays Israel participation vote to December
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has postponed its decision on whether Israel will participate in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, following what it described as...
Daughter of Tunisia’s ex-dictator detained for embezzlementÂ
Halima Ben Ali, the daughter of the ex-dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, was arrested in France at the request of the Tunisian authorities on...
Egypt: Satirical comedian Bassem Youssef returns to nation’s TV after 11 years
As Egypt wrangles with pressure from the international community over its Human Rights record, former TV show host and comedian Bassem Youssef has returned to...
Former French President Sarkozy jailed in Gaddafi cash scandal
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy finally finds out his fate in the Gaddafi cash scandal case. According to the BBC on September 25th, a Paris...
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