As Sudan burns foreign powers, including UAE, reap big from precious minerals and agriculture
Gold has been one of the main drivers of the Sudan conflict. It allows both parties to fuel their war machines. The UAE is the main beneficiary of this trade. It receives nearly all the gold smuggled from Sudan and has become a hub for laundering trafficked gold into the global market. The latest available statistics show that, officially, the UAE imported precious metals from Sudan valued at about $2.3 billion in 2022.
Kenya’s impeached deputy president accuses President Ruto of attempts to assassinate him via compromised food, drinks
Police spokeswoman Resila Onyango declined to make an immediate comment and said she would make inquiries about Rigathi Gachagua’s statement on the security protection. Ruto’s spokesperson said they would comment later.
IMF, World Bank worried about looming liquidity shortfall that’ll hurt many emerging economies
The US Treasury’s top economic diplomat has called for new ways to provide short-term liquidity support to low- and middle-income countries to head off debt crises.
Fresh tropical storm adds to Cubans’ woes as the country struggles with extended power outage
The blackout was considered to be Cuba’s worst since Hurricane Ian hit the island as a Category 3 storm in 2022 and damaged power installations. It took days for the government to fix them. This year, some homes have spent up to eight hours a day without electricity.
Israel targets Hezbollah finance arm as Lebanese flee, its fighter jets rain bombs on Beirut
Israel has intensified its military campaigns both in Gaza and Lebanon, days after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar raised hopes of an opening for ceasefire negotiations to end more than a year of conflict.
Cameroon’s separatist conflict forces hundreds of thousands of students out of education
The Central African nation has been plagued by fighting since English-speaking separatists launched a rebellion in 2017, with the stated goal of breaking away from the area dominated by the French-speaking majority and setting up an independent, English-speaking state.
Netanyahu warns Hezbollah that Israel will respond to ‘bitter mistake’ after aborted drone attack on his house
A UN school sheltering displaced people west of Gaza City was hit, killing several people, according to the Hamas-run civil defence first responders.
Judges in US who sentence January 6 rioters fear a repeat of election violence if Trump loses
More than 1,500 people have been charged with federal crimes related to January 6 siege, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of presidential power for the first time in the nation’s history. Over 1,000 rioters have been convicted and sentenced. Roughly 650 of them received prison time ranging from a few days to 22 years.
Violence rocks Mozambique after leading opposition figures are gunned down in election dispute
Frelimo established a one-party state following independence and then fought a bloody, 15-year civil war against the rebel group Renamo. They signed a peace deal in 1992 and Renamo became the main opposition party following the country’s first democratic elections in 1994, but the peace between them has been fragile.
Investigation: How Ethiopian authorities submit lists of 100,000 fake names, which they use to steal relief food
Some aid recipients in Ethiopia said they do sometimes sell some of their food rations, but out of desperation. “I got aid because I have health conditions,” said Leelity Gebreegizabher, a single mother of two in a camp in the town of Shire. “A local official helped me to get 15 kilos of food so that I could sell some of it to buy medicine.”
