PM Al-Sudani orders reforms after protests

2025-09-17T21:10:21+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met on Wednesday with the chairman and members of the Truck Drivers’ Union to review their demands following recent...

Central Bank of Egypt governor stresses need for boosting domestic production to curb inflation

The Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), Hassan Abdalla, is participating on Wednesday in the 49th Annual Meeting of the Council of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Authorities’ Governors, hosted by Tunisia. The event is attended by...

Morocco Encourages Arab Banks to Work Together Against Economic Crisis

Rabat — Morocco expressed today its intention to unite Arab central banks to join forces amidst global economic problems. Bank Al Maghrib’s (BAM) Governor Abdellatif Jouahri made this call at a banking meeting in Tunis on Wednesday. In a statement...

Ghana Intensifies Economic Diplomacy Push Through Multiple Envoy Meetings

Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa received credentials from seven new diplomatic envoys in Accra, marking a significant acceleration in Ghana’s economic diplomacy strategy as the country positions itself for enhanced international trade and...

From Abu Dhabi to Bogotá to Darfur: The mercenary dossier at the heart of Sudan’s war

- Advertisement - By Sheriff Bojang Jr By accusing the UAE of bankrolling atrocities through Colombian fighters, Sudan has recast its conflict as a transcontinental proxy war with consequences for Gulf power struggles, Red Sea security and the...

US sanctions Sudanese Islamist leader, militia over Iran ties

"We will not stand by idly and allow them to threaten regional and global security." The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it has imposed sanctions on Sudan’s Finance Minister Gebreil Ibrahim...

Court Hears President Was Aware of Large Foreign Currency Cache at Phala Phala Farm

A state witness has testified in the Modimolle Magistrate’s Court that President Cyril Ramaphosa was aware of $580,000 in US currency that was stored at his Phala Phala game farm for three months before it was stolen in February 2020. The...

Sudan clings to hope for a new life born out of war

The head of the International Organization for Migration mission in Sudan, Mohamed Rifaat, said: “The Sudanese people are ready to build a dignified life and are capable of doing so. All they need is an opportunity to start.” In a report published...

Hiwa Rauf, IFC sign Financing Deal for Major Real Estate Project

By John Lee. Hiwa Rauf for Investment & Development (HRID) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have signed a financing partnership mandate for Downtown Slemani, Iraq's first certified sustainable...

Russia's Shoigu Visits Iraq; sees Increased Cooperation on Security, Trade

By John Lee. National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji met on Tuesday with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of the Russian Ambassador in Baghdad. Al-Araji welcomed the visit, noting...

Sudan army accused of war crimes that crippled aid operations

UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses members during the Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Switzerland. Six African and international non-governmental organisations and four Sudanese and international coalitions accused Sudan’s...

The World Cannot Afford to Ignore Sudan’s Islamist-Backed War

Along with Gaza, Sudan is sliding into one of the gravest humanitarian catastrophes of our time. Since April 2023, war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has ravaged a nation of 45 million. Cities lie in...

Sudan: AU Welcomes Quartet Proposal To End War

Support continues to mount for the plan to halt the war in Sudan and to confront the extremist Muslim Brotherhood networks that have brought successive tragedies upon the Sudanese people for more than four decades. In the latest development, the...

Ghana obtains framework for carbon market projects

Ghana now has a legal framework backing its participation in carbon market projects, the Deputy Director in charge of the Climate Change Unit at the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), Mohammed Gyimah, has said. That, he...

Sudan: FAO moves to protect 9.4 million livestock in nationwide vaccination campaign

Port Sudan/Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Sudan, has launched the 2025 national livestock vaccination campaign to safeguard livelihoods of over three million...

Rights groups fault Sudan Army over alleged atrocities as military denies

UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressing members during HRC at global leaders in Geneva, Switzerland. African and international human rights organisations have faulted the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias over alleged...

Observatory for Human Rights: 3k+ detained in Sudan’s El Gezira state amid widespread violations

The Sudanese Observatory for Human Rights has documented the detention of 3,300 people in the cities of Wad Madani, El Hasahisa and Rafaa in Sudan’s El Gezira state, amid widespread violations. In a report seen by Radio Dabanga, the Observatory...

Contracts over conflict: How PM Al-Sudani secured stability in Iraq

Shafaq News Explosions targeting US bases in Iraq were once almost daily events, leaving casualties and pushing the country to the brink of a wider confrontation. These attacks were more than military strikes — they were bargaining tools in the...

Sudan’s diaspora steps up as millions displaced by war look for survival and hope

Amid the world’s largest displacement crisis, Sudanese abroad are keeping families alive with remittances, soup kitchens and aid networks Doctors, activists and community groups in the UK and other countries are mobilizing to fill the gaps caused...

Trump's U.K. visit looked like it would be dominated by trade. Immigration protests suggest otherwise

When King Charles, on the advice of the British government, extended an invitation to U.S. President Donald Trump for a second state visit to the U.K., it appeared trade and economic relations would dominate discussions. But when Air Force One...