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Egypt kick-starts anti-Turkey campaign in North Africa

Head of Egypt’s spy agency Abbas Kamel embarked Monday on a tour of North African countries, including the eastern region in Libya, to curb Turkey’s influence in the region. The Egyptian official’s tour is aimed at building “intelligence cooperation among North African government” and ways “to confront terrorism in the region,” reports Middle East Monitor […]

Sudan: Rights Group Reports Sexual Violence in Bara amid Deepening Humanitarian Crisis

A rights group in Sudan’s North Kordofan state said on Sunday, 14 December, it documented the rape of 12 women by members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the town of Bara, following the group’s seizure of the area in late October. The Gender Equality Network said it verified that the assaults occurred during […]

Africa needs stronger resources governance amid current global critical minerals rush — experts

African governments need to develop robust strategies for the critical minerals sector amid global rush for the continent’s lithium and other strategically important rare metals, a recent research has found. Demand for lithium, for example, tripled from 2017 to 2022, while the critical minerals market doubled in five years, reaching US$320 billion in 2022, according […]