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Morocco Overtakes South Africa in AfDB Industrialisation Index

Morocco Overtakes South Africa in AfDB Industrialisation Index

The geopolitical and economic gravity of African manufacturing has shifted decisively northward.  In its newly released Africa Industrialisation Index report, the African Development Bank (AfDB) officially named Morocco Africa’s top-ranked industrialized economy. This historic milestone

Development & Economy
Egypt and EBRD Launch Major Mining Reform Push Ahead of Investment Forum

Egypt and EBRD Launch Major Mining Reform Push Ahead of Investment Forum

Egypt moved on two fronts this week to signal serious intent in its long-stalled effort to make mining a genuine pillar of the national economy. The Egyptian Mineral Resources and Mining Industries Authority (MRMIA) signed

Development & Economy
Egypt Economic Zones: Cairo’s $77.5B Industrial Strategy

Egypt Economic Zones: Cairo’s $77.5B Industrial Strategy

Cairo is executing a high-wire economic act that epitomizes the structural challenges facing North Africa's largest economies. This week, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) formalized an $800 million financing agreement with the International Islamic

Development & Economy
Egypt Economic Zones: Cairo’s $77.5B Industrial Strategy

Egypt Economic Zones: Cairo’s $77.5B Industrial Strategy

Cairo is executing a high-wire economic act that epitomizes the structural challenges facing North Africa's largest economies. This week, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) formalized an $800 million financing agreement with the International Islamic

Development & Economy
Egypt & Norway Ink Green Energy Deal: A New Industrial Strategy

Egypt & Norway Ink Green Energy Deal: A New Industrial Strategy

Egypt and Norway have signed a new five-year strategic cooperation plan focused on green hydrogen, carbon capture technologies, and low-carbon ammonia production, signaling Cairo’s accelerating push to position itself at the center of the emerging

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Sudan & Ethiopia Conflict: Drone Strike Allegations

Sudan & Ethiopia Conflict: Drone Strike Allegations

Tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia escalated sharply this morning. Both governments exchanged accusations of violating sovereign territory and backing insurgent forces, signaling a dangerous new phase in an already fragile regional landscape. The Core Allegation:

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Libya Unified National Budget Signals Shift Toward Fiscal Stability

Libya Unified National Budget Signals Shift Toward Fiscal Stability

The Central Bank of Libya and rival political authorities in Tripoli and Benghazi reached a definitive agreement on July 10, 2024, to implement a unified national budget for the first time since the country’s institutional

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The Kutum Wedding Strike: Sudan’s New Era of Remote Attrition

The Kutum Wedding Strike: Sudan’s New Era of Remote Attrition

On the evening of Wednesday, April 8, 2026, a wedding ceremony in the Al-Salama neighborhood of Kutum, North Darfur, was transformed into a site of mass casualties. A series of drone strikes targeted a private

Governance
Sudan’s Protest Anniversary Revives Calls for Civilian Rule

Sudan’s Protest Anniversary Revives Calls for Civilian Rule

In Sudan, the anniversary of the April 6 uprising has once again drawn citizens, civil society groups, and pro-democracy activists back into public space—physically where possible, symbolically where not. The date, which in 2019 marked

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‘There was a state of terror’: Sudan hospital worker describes fleeing before alleged massacre

‘There was a state of terror’: Sudan hospital worker describes fleeing before alleged massacre

A man who escaped the last functioning hospital in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher before a reported massacre by paramilitary troops says he has lost all hope and happiness. "I have lost my colleagues," Abdu-Rabbu