in the middle east and northern Africa, it seems there is never a dull moment. Just about every country in this region is going through some sort of turmoil at any given time. In the past, certain countries just haven’t gotten along very well, until now. It seems that Egypt and Israel are at an all time high in their relationship…. Read more »
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in public on Tuesday. The meeting came ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, in what Egypt said was part of an effort to revive the Palestinian-Israeli diplomatic talks. It has been almost four decades since former Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat extended a… Read more »
Egyptian businessmen ordered more than 30,000 rocket-propelled grenades from US rival North Korea in a secret deal last year, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The United Nations described it as the “largest seizure of ammunition in the history of sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”. The UN revealed that the business executives sought to buy weapons for the… Read more »
Ubari, Libya – Since the popular uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has become bitterly divided into two governments, with their respective militias fighting over lucrative assets and power. One such battle is taking place in the oasis town of Ubari in Libya’s long-neglected southern Sahara, close to one of the country’s largest oil fields and smuggling routes. The Tuareg… Read more »
A year ago, Firommisa Darasa barely made it out of Ethiopia‘s Irreecha festival alive, managing to escape from a deep ditch where dozens perished. The tragedy happened after police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters, sparking a stampede. Last year’s bloodshed at the annual religious festival held by Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo people, became a turning point in months… Read more »