Algeria Arrests 61 Moroccan Nationals Over Suspected Sabotage Plot
Algerian authorities have arrested 61 Moroccan nationals suspected of involvement in an alleged sabotage plot, raising fresh security concerns amid strained relations between the two North African neighbours. According to reports, Algeria’s General Directorate of National Security said the suspects were allegedly part of an international criminal network suspected of planning activities that could threaten... Read More
Ramaphosa Steps In As Zuma Health Rumours Explode Across South Africa
South Africa woke up on Monday to a political storm it has seen before — but with a newurgency. Overnight, social media exploded with unverified claims about former president JacobZuma’s health, prompting an unusual intervention from the Presidency itself before sunrise.In a statement released in the early hours of Monday morning, the Presidency appealed to... Read More
Trump’s Russia Diesel Deal Blows Up: ‘Time For Ukraine To Get A New President’
The transatlantic alliance woke up to a political earthquake on Monday. In the space of a fewhours, President Donald Trump unveiled a direct deal with Vladimir Putin to pump Russiandiesel into American and global markets, declared an “energy ceasefire” between Moscow andKyiv, and then torched any goodwill from Kyiv by publicly suggesting Volodymyr Zelenskyyshould step... Read More
FG Rolls Out 30-Day Petrol Discount at NNPC Stations as Labour Sets Ultimatum
Finance minister Taiwo Oyedele says it’s ‘not a subsidy’ — but the NLC gives Tinubu twoweeks to roll back pump prices or face a strike. The federal government is to sell petrol at a discount for 30 days at filling stations run by theNigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), with public transporters first in line,... Read More
South Africa Pulls Asylum Directive After Protests Torch 24 Vehicles
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn the controversial asylum directive thattriggered violent anti-immigration protests this week, in an abrupt reversal confirmed in the earlyhours of Friday morning.At least 24 vehicles were torched and foreign-owned businesses looted across Soweto and Durban inthe lead-up to the climbdown, according to police tallies cited by local outlets.... Read More
Trump Weighs Three-Day ‘Intensive’ Strike Plan on Iran, NYT Reports
The White House is actively weighing a three-day burst of intensive airstrikes on Iran, according to aNew York Times report that surfaced overnight and is dominating foreign-policy desks on Fridaymorning.The reported plan would stop short of the longer 10-to-14-day campaign military planners hadpreviously drafted to cripple Iran’s missile capability. Instead, it envisions a sharp, concentratedseries... Read More
Kenya’s Ebola Scare Widens: Over 650,000 Travellers Screened, 10 in Quarantine
Kenya’s health authorities are racing to contain a widening Ebola scare after confirming the country’sfirst-ever case of the virus, with contact tracing now stretched across borders and more than 650,000travellers screened at airports and crossing points.Health officials said Thursday that ten people who had direct contact with the index patient — aKenyan who had lived... Read More
Russian Drones Pound Chernihiv Overnight,Five Killed as Zelenskyy Begs for Patriots
A Russian drone barrage that slammed into Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region early Thursday killedat least five people, including a child, and injured 23 more, Ukrainian officials said, in one of thedeadliest overnight attacks on the area in weeks.Regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus said the strikes concentrated on the town of Pryluky, where sixShahed-type drones ripped through... Read More
Africa launches new credit ratings agency backed by AU
The African Union-backed Africa Credit Ratings Agency has officially launched in Mauritius, creating a home-grown alternative to global ratings firms such as Moody’s, Fitch and S&P Global Ratings after nearly a decade of planning. The agency, known as AfCRA, began operations on Wednesday with its headquarters in Mauritius. Supporters say it could give African governments... Read More
Former Australian bishop jailed for six and a half years over sexual offences against Aboriginal men
Former Catholic Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison after being convicted of 13 sexual offences against two young Aboriginal men in Western Australia. Saunders, 76, was sentenced in the District Court of Western Australia on Wednesday, October 7. He will be eligible for parole in... Read More