Tunisian Member of Parliament Ahmed Saidani was given an 8-month prison sentence due to content he posted online that he later said was "mocking" President Kais Saied. The situation has raised questions of free speech, and political critique within Tunisia.
Tripoli’s government announced new fuel supply contracts with major Western energy traders and firms today, highlighting a dramatic shift in how the country sources gasoline and diesel and reshaping its role in Mediterranean energy markets.
Despite political risks, major international energy firms have signed new licensing deals for oil exploration in Libya for 2026. Experts say the move shows a global shift toward risk-tolerant investing in North Africa’s massive reserves.
Journalist Youssouf Sissoko was detained in Bamako after questioning Niger’s claims that neighboring African presidents were supporting extremist groups. The arrest highlights a shrinking space for press freedom in the Sahel.
Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued and repatriated 23 Nigerian youths who were trafficked to Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries and forced into cyber-enabled crimes, the agency said on Wednesday. The rescued victims said they were subjected to torture and faced the risk of organ harvesting before the intervention.
A rubber boat carrying 55 migrants capsized off Libya’s coast, leaving 53 people dead or missing and only two Nigerian women alive in one of 2026’s deadliest Mediterranean crossings.
Moroccan authorities have evacuated more than 108,000 people from flood-prone regions after unprecedented rainfall and rising river levels overwhelmed infrastructure, with warnings of continued heavy rain ahead.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the 53-year-old son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his home in Zintan, sparking a formal investigation by Libyan prosecutors into his assassination.
