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BUSINESS
New Nile Order: Uganda Stands with Ethiopia Against Egypt’s Control
Cairo's grip on the Nile loosens as upstream nations assert equal rights, setting up a clash between historical claims and sovereign equality of water.
WORLD
As Algeria and Mali Clash, France Finds New Opening
Algeria–Mali drone dispute triggers airspace closures, deepens regional rifts, and reshapes alliances between the Sahel, France, and Red Sea basin.
BUSINESS
Re-Alignment in the Red Sea: Russia & Iran
Russia and Iran recalibrate influence from Syria to Sudan, leveraging Red Sea conflicts and deepening military ties in shifting alliances.
WORLD
Nile Tensions: South Sudan at Risk of Renewed Conflict
Seven years after a hard-won peace, South Sudan teeters toward chaos as President Kiir's firing of the Upper Nile governor fuels VP Machar's fury and militia violence.
BUSINESS
Putin in Africa: A Olive Branch
Moscow plans to ramp up its diplomatic presence in Africa as Russia faces blowback from Syria whilst the U.S. vacates Africa's humanitarian sector.
Popular
Winter Storm Research Rewrites a Witch Trial Tragedy
As new research published in Smithsonian Magazine this week connects a 1617 Arctic storm to Norway's deadliest witch trials, climate historians reveal how weather shock fed decades of persecution.
Prediction Takes Politics: Prophets and Polymarkets Collide
As 11 Peruvian shamans predicted Nicolás Maduro's fall on 29 December 2025, crypto traders were placing similar bets online—five days before U.S. forces extracted the Venezuelan leader to New York.
Mladenov Takes Over Gaza Board After Regional Veto
Nickolay Mladenov becomes Gaza peace board head after Arab states blocked Tony Blair, raising questions about whose interests guide Washington's selection.
Abu Dhabi Rebuffs British Universities Over Campus Radicalisation
The world’s wealthiest patrons now view Western campuses as hazards, forcing a costly inversion of the traditional hierarchy that once defined global education.
Bury the Lead: MTV ‘Death’ and the Way We Read Now
As MTV continued broadcasting across the United States and most of Europe on 1 January 2026, millions of social media tributes mourned a channel that had never actually shut down.
