This week, my article was on the internal conflict and civil war in Yemen. Government representatives from the Houthi rebellion and representatives from Yemen were supposed to meet face to face to discuss their conflict and issues. The Houthi, or Sa’dah War, is a current on going rebellion in Yemen. It’s a military rebellion that’s targets is and against the… Read more »
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Eastern forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar have launched a military operation in southern Libya to secure oil and gas facilities and fight extremists, a spokesman said on Tuesday, a move that may alarm the authorities in Tripoli in the west. Haftar, whose powerbase is the eastern city of Benghazi, leads the Libyan National Army (LNA),… Read more »
Number of protesters killed is 24 since start of unrest, official says, even as rights groups state much higher toll. The number of protesters killed in Sudan has risen to 24 since demonstrations began last month, according to the head of the country’s fact-finding committee, even as rights groups state a much higher toll. According to Human Rights Watch, at least 40 people… Read more »
The refusal places in peril a fragile truce between the warring sides in the Arab world’s poorest country. United Nations, New York – Houthi rebel and Yemeni government representatives did not meet face-to-face in the port city of Hodeidah over the last week despite a recently-inked peace plan, United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. The UN’s Patrick Cammaert has been forced to “shuttle”… Read more »
A severe fuel shortage has hit Addis Ababa and neighbouring towns. Many petrol stations have run out of fuel and motorists have been forced to queue for long hours at any that have supplies today. The shortage is blamed on the closure by protesters of the main road linking Ethiopia and Djibouti. Ethiopia imports most of its goods via the… Read more »
This week, my article focused on issues occurring in North Africa. There are a large amount of refugees from Syria’s civil war in Africa, specifically in the north. These Syrian refugees are trying to seek refugee in Algeria by entering up through the South. However, Algeria has banned all Syrians from entering the country through its southern borders and any… Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have found that a strain of cholera causing an epidemic in Yemen – the worst in recorded history – came from eastern Africa and was probably borne into Yemen by migrants. Using genomic sequencing techniques, researchers at Britain’s Wellcome Sanger Institute and France’s Institut Pasteur also said they should now be better able to estimate the… Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rebounded on Thursday after an early slide, helped by dollar weakness and signs of output cuts by the world’s top crude exporter Saudi Arabia that eased concerns about a glut. International Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up 94 cents at $55.85 a barrel by 1340 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate oil futures CLc1 rose 65… Read more »
Algeria has banned all Syrians from entering the country via its southern borders, hours after a rights group reported that 50 Syrians and Palestinians had been deported to neighbouring Niger in the last week. Hassen Kacimi, the head of migrants policy at the interior ministry, said that Syrians seeking refuge this way were suspected to be armed fighters. “We have hosted 50,000 Syrians… Read more »
Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has announced plans to “worsen” conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including rationing water supplies and reducing the number of family visits. The planned moves, which are expected to come into force in the coming weeks after being approved by the Israeli cabinet, were sharply criticised by Palestinian leaders and activists who described as them as… Read more »