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Sudan: Bashir faces decade in jail for receiving $25mln from Saudi Crown Prince

Sudan’s ousted leader Omar Bashir is facing at least 10 years in prison after a court in Khartoum convicted him of corruption when he admitted receiving $25 million from Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, MbS. The former leader accused of corruption appeared in court on Saturday on the third session of his trial. Standing […]

Algeria’s south, a tinderbox waiting to explode

Oil and gas rich southern Algeria has in recent years been boiling with a spate of protests that often turn violent such as the recent protests in the Touareg city of Tin-Zaouatin where a man has been killed by live fire. Protests in Tin Zaouatin, near the borders with Mali, erupted after Algerian authorities imposed […]

Wagner Group reportedly makes $10m a month from terror in Mali as Kremlin plunders African gold — experts

Mercenaries from the Wagner Group are reportedly making $10 million per month through their involvement in the ongoing conflict in Mali as it exchanges African gold to help fund Vladimir Putin’s war machine, experts have said. US intelligence experts believe the Russian-backed private military company, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin until his violent death in August, […]