Algeria Deploys Fighter Jets to Niger After Coup Attempt
Algeria deployed fighter jets to Niger for the first time since 1973, responding to a failed coup. See how this...
September 3, 2026Section
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Libya’s Rival Camps Sign a Roadmap With Haftar Inside It
Libya economy reunification would touch budgeting, oil revenue and monetary policy, after rival camps agreed on 30 August to elections...
September 3, 2026
Egypt Is About to Import More Corn Than Wheat, and Brazil Is Selling It
Egypt will import more corn than wheat for the first time in 2026/27, on USDA figures. Brazil shipped 5.54 million...
September 2, 2026
Egypt Raises Its Visa Levy to US$15, and the Real Price Is Higher
The Egypt visa levy rises 25% to US$15 from 1 January 2027 under a new prime ministerial decree, though headline...
September 2, 2026
Sonatrach and Sinopec Put Helium on the Table in Beijing
The Sonatrach Sinopec agreement signed in Beijing on 28 August covers unconventional hydrocarbons, petrochemicals and, unusually, helium.
September 2, 2026
Algeria Moves to Restore the Death Penalty for Setting Forests Alight
Algeria death penalty for deliberate forest fires: Tebboune has given the justice minister until 15 September to amend the penal...
September 1, 2026
Ceuta Photos Were Used to Invent a Moroccan Migration Wave in Brazil
A claimed wave of Moroccan migration to Brazil drew 13,400 mentions in a week. Official data show 57 Moroccan asylum...
September 1, 2026
Xi Jinping Lands in Cairo With a US$19 Billion Trade Gap Behind Him
The Xi Jinping Egypt visit runs from 30 August to 3 September, his first in ten years, with Chinese exports...
September 1, 2026
Algeria Sends Fighter Jets to Niamey, Alongside Russia’s Africa Corps
Algerian fighter jets landed in Niamey on Sunday, four Su-30s and a tanker, a day after Niger's junta said it...
September 1, 2026