Middle East / Africa

  • Sep 18
  • 2 min read

Ethiopia’s Tigray tensions may continue to deepen

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front is embroiled in a major factional dispute

Ethiopia
  • Sep 18
  • 2 min read

Pivi's arrest will ease junta fears in Guinea

Claude Pivi, a former military officer and key perpetrator of a 2009 massacre, was yesterday arrested in Liberia

Guinea
  • Sep 17
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Key underwater cable project poses dilemma for Cyprus

Talks between Nicosia and Athens on the Great Sea Interconnector drag on

Cyprus
  • Sep 17
  • 2 min read

Algerian president’s win reinforces the status quo

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune secures a widely predicted second term amid regional turbulance

Algeria
  • Sep 17
  • 2 min read

Bamako attack may expose Malian security weaknesses

Presumed jihadists this morning attacked the Gendarmerie School in Bamako

Mali
  • Sep 17
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Iran’s message to the West will likely go unanswered

Much of President Pezeshkian’s first press conference was targeted at rebuilding relations with the West

Iran
  • Sep 17
  • 2 min read

South Sudan oil will remain contingent on Sudan war

South Sudan and Sudan say they have established an arrangement to resume exports of South Sudanese oil

South Sudan
  • Sep 17
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Credit upgrade will not help relieve Tunis’s troubles

The government is in a better position to meet external debt obligations, reducing previous concerns of default risks

Tunisia