FROM CONFLICT TO COOPERATION: AFRICA’S WATER CAN BE A BRIDGE TO PEACE, SAYS AKUFO-ADDO

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered a powerful and urgent message to global leaders on Monday, October 27, 2025, declaring that water insecurity is no longer a silent challenge but a “clear and present danger” threatening the...

‘The water is pushing back’: A Globe reporter on how rising seas and heavy rains threaten Mass. communities

As you read this, a Category 5 hurricane is bringing destructive flooding to Jamaica. But as this newsletter has explained before, flooding is a danger even in places not prone to hurricanes, like New England. My Globe colleagues have just...

Passport overhaul aims to put South Africa travellers back on the global map

South Africa’s long-struggling passport is getting a major upgrade. The Department of Home Affairs has kicked off a wide-ranging reform of the country’s travel documentation system — a move aimed at tightening security, modernising verification,...

Ekpo, Mshelbila Emerge President, Secretary-General Of Gas Exporting Countries

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, and Managing Director of Nigeria LNG Ltd, Dr. Philip Mshelbila, have been elected as the President and Secretary General of the 2026 Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)...

NGO Forum: Environmental rights must go hand in hand with Indigenous peoples' rights

The speakers of this panel held on 17 October 2025 were from the Touch to Heal Initiative, the Association des jeunes dynamiques pour le développement durable, and Asaasiam Vision International, with moderation from the Legal Aid Commission of...

The Terror Strategy Behind Fuel Shortages Crippling Mali 

On a hot October morning, fuel pumps at a dozen service stations in Bamako, the capital of Mali, sputtered to a stop. Drivers who had spent hours waiting in line left empty-handed. Motorbikes, taxis, and vans idled where they stood. Market stalls...

ICE detains formerly enslaved man in R.I. who fears he will be killed if deported to Mauritania

She said he called his cousin, who’s also from Mauritania and living in Providence, saying, “If I get deported to Mauritania, they will kill me.” ICE Boston spokesperson James Covington described Ba as “a 31-year-old illegal alien from Mauritania...

David vs Goliath: U.S. backtracks after Mali’s swift $10,000 visa bond retaliation

The United States has quietly removed Mali from its list of countries required to pay visa bonds of up to $15,000, days after Bamako imposed a tit-for-tat measure demanding the same from American travellers. The updated list of Countries Subject...

Accor and Mayan Properties Sign Master Development Agreement for Five Hotels in Africa

AGREEMENT TARGETS FIVE HOTELS AND 1,100 KEYS ACROSS AFRICA, STARTING WITH NOVOTEL NOUAKCHOTT AND MÖVENPICK MORONI Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, has signed a master development agreement with Mayan Properties, a subsidiary of Resources...

NUSACC names Mauritanian envoy as its 2025 ‘Ambassador of the Year’

Mauritania, one of the least-known of the 22 members of the Arab League, got some long-awaited recognition this week when the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) named Mauritania’s top envoy to the United States, Cissé Mint Cheikh Ould...

Arab World’s Population Reaches 501 Million, Report Finds

Ammon News - The Arab world’s population has reached 501 million, making it the third most populous region globally after China and India, according to figures released Monday by Jordan’s Higher Population Council. Roughly 60 percent of Arabs live...

US-Mali visa row: US removes Mali from list requiring visa bonds

The two countries required each other's citizens to post up to 10,000 dollars in bonds if they are applying for a tourist or business visa. The US has now removed Mali from the list of countries required to post visa bonds to obtain a US visa. Up...

David vs Goliath: United States backtracks after Mali’s swift $10,000 visa bond retaliation

The United States has quietly removed Mali from its list of countries required to pay visa bonds of up to $15,000 (R277,500), days after Bamako imposed a tit-for-tat measure demanding the same from American travellers. The updated list of...

‘Negative messaging doesn’t work’

After Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022, only about half of Africa’s countries backed a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow’s invasion. In the years since, Kyiv has stepped up its diplomatic and humanitarian outreach across the...

Heavy Russian cargo plane lands in Caracas amid US-Venezuela tensions

BERLIN — A Russian transport aircraft of a type linked to the country’s military and former Wagner mercenary group has landed in the Venezuelan capital over the weekend, signaling heightened Russian interest in the Latin American country. The...

Morocco runs riot in the UN trying to stop petitioners

United Nations Headquarters in New York By Owei Lakemfa The Delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco erupted several times like an active volcano spewing hot lava as petitioners in overwhelming numbers presented their case against it. It was on the...

Morocco Arrests Russian National at Casablanca Airport on International Warrant

Rabat — Moroccan police arrested a Russian citizen at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport today. The 34-year-old suspect was subject to an Interpol arrest warrant, flagging him as wanted by Russian authorities. Security officers detained...

Morocco Arrests Russian National Subject to International Warrant

HESPRESS English – Morocco News Hespress ENSaturday 25 October 2025 - 18:48 The National Security officers at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport apprehended on Saturday a 34-year-old Russian national who is subject to an international...

Arab League Condemns Settler Attacks on Palestinians in West Bank

President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani of Mauritania has linked the success of the peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump for the Gaza Strip to full commitment by all parties to its terms. He stressed that there is no alternative to the...

U.S. deletes Mali from visa-bond list in bid to ease diplomatic tensions

The United States has backed down from a diplomatic standoff with Mali, removing the West African nation from its controversial Visa Bond Pilot Program just days before the requirements were set to take effect. In its latest update on October 23,...