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On Thursday, July 16 2026, the United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on 11 individuals and entities accused of supporting Sudan’s warring factions through conflict-related gold trading, procurement networks and financial activities. The British Foreign Office said Sudan’s gold sector has become a major source of funding for the country’s war economy, with billions of dollars’ […]
Morocco’s southern provinces are establishing themselves as one of the Kingdom’s fastest-growing investment destinations, underpinned by large-scale infrastructure programs, an increasingly favorable regulatory environment and a strategic geographic position that offers investors direct access to West African markets. These findings are at the heart of the “Doing Business — Investing in Morocco’s Southern Provinces” guide, […]
Algeria has quietly climbed down in its standoff with Mali, reopening its airspace to Malian aircraft and returning its ambassador to Bamako, the latest in a string of diplomatic retreats that has come to define Algiers’ diplomacy with the countries it has picked fights with in recent years, from Spain to France and now the […]
The European Union (EU) has announced new sanctions targeting Sudan’s gold sector, banning the purchase, import and transfer of Sudanese gold, while also prohibiting the export of mercury and cyanide used in gold mining. The measures are intended to curb financial resources that sustain the conflict and increase pressure on those accused of fuelling the […]
Morocco has called for making the Afro-Atlantic space a driver of peace, stability and shared prosperity in line with the Royal vision and initiatives launched for Sahel countries and for strengthening cooperation between African countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean. In an address to the 7th ministerial meeting of the Atlantic African States Process (AASP) convening […]
A Sudanese Court on Sunday sentenced Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and 15 others to death in absentia over the killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis Abbakar and crimes committed during the conflict in Darfur. The ruling, the first against the RSF leadership since the war began on the 15th April 2023, […]
Sudan’s Government has announced the creation of a banking finance portfolio exceeding 3 trillion Sudanese pounds to support the 2026 summer agricultural season and strengthen the country’s productive sector. Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim announced the initiative last Week, as farmers face major challenges, including shortages of funding, improved seeds, fertilizers, fuel and rising production costs […]
African countries, facing cuts to traditional aid budgets in major donor countries, are under growing pressure to mobilize more of their own domestic resources to finance their development, the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said. In a recent press release, the UNECA, citing data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), […]
Chairperson of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met Mohamed Belaiche in Khartoum on Wednesday to discuss the country’s political and security situation, peace efforts, and plans to reopen the African Union Liaison Office in the Sudanese capital. The meeting follows the Sudanese government’s return to Khartoum earlier this year after regaining control of […]
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy has called for intensified international efforts to prevent Sudan’s Al Obeid from descending into a wider humanitarian and security crisis, accusing the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of targeting civilian infrastructure. Nabil Fahmy said more than 500,000 civilians, including tens of thousands of displaced people, were under siege and facing […]