Egypt has imposed one of the most sweeping emergency energy measures in its modern history, ordering shops, restaurants, and cafes to close by 9 p.m. for the next month as the country’s fuel import bill more than doubles under the strain of a geopolitical crisis it did not choose to join. The government is simultaneously […]
Nigerians are bearing the cost of a conflict they have no direct part in. Fuel pump prices across Africa’s largest oil producer have soared by as much as 65 percent in recent weeks, making gasoline more expensive in Nigeria than anywhere else on the continent. The spike, reported across major cities including Lagos, Abuja, and
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s military has launched a major disarmament and voluntary repatriation operation targeting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu rebel group that has operated on Congolese soil for three decades — in a campaign that regional observers say could be the best chance in a generation to
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Egypt has imposed a business curfew requiring shops, restaurants, and shopping malls to close by 9pm each night for an initial period of one month. On the surface, the measure — announced as part of a package of energy conservation measures — appears administrative. Look deeper, and it exposes a nation in the grip of
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When Iranian air strikes hit Dubai’s Jebel Ali port on March 1st, 2026 — just four days after the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran — few anticipated that a sleepy Kenyan island would emerge as one of the conflict’s strangest beneficiaries. Thousands of high-end cars, originally destined for the UAE and
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While the guns of the Middle East war boom in the distance, a quieter competition is intensifying across Africa — one fought with investment contracts, port leases, and infrastructure deals rather than missiles. The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are rapidly accelerating their economic footprints on the continent, seizing on regional instability to deepen
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When South Africa’s top police officer is charged with corruption, you know the crisis in the country’s law enforcement institutions has reached a new and alarming threshold. The charges laid against the national police chief in March 2026 are not merely embarrassing for the service — they expose a rot that runs from the leadership
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