Its amazing that Chad, Libya and Egypt have all seen massive increases in their gold exports to UAE this year. Meanwhile, 90% of Sudan's official gold exports are still going to Dubai. Shocking to think Sudanese deaths are being financed by their own gold. swissinfo.ch/eng/internatio…

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire put forward by the US and Arab powers. Sudan’s military-led government has not yet responded to the RSF statement. RSF and SAF have been in a brutal civil war for more than two years.

As El Fasher, Sudan, descends into unspeakable violence, the world’s silence enables mass atrocities. While the Rapid Support Forces militia carries out mass executions and ethnic killings, ordinary Sudanese civilians are showing extraordinary courage. Yet world powers and

The role of the UAE and Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour in Sudan’s war are coming under new scrutiny in the wake of the atrocities in el Fasher.

After another kidnapping in neighbouring #Niger, the French government asks its citizens abroad in #Mali to evacuate the country. Some fuel convoys have made it through to Mali's capital city, Bamako, so the city is functioning, but barely.

Mali, one of the three Sahel countries under military rule, has come under economic siege. Al Qaeda linked jihadist militants imposed nearly two months long blockade on Bamako. This is now taking a serious toll on the economy and everyday life.

🚨🇱🇾 Libya’s fuel smuggling crisis stretches beyond its borders and connects directly to the atrocities in El Fasher, #Sudan. The illicit flow of fuel from eastern Libya to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces facilitates the genocidal war waged in Darfur. Learn more in our new report,

"A surge in state-sanctioned fuel smuggling between 2022 and 2024 cost the Libyan people about $20bn in lost revenue – an alarming sum that demands decisive international sanctions against those responsible." Read about "Inside Job" in The Guardian: theguardian.com/world/2025/nov…

"By supplying fuel and other aid to the RSF amid the Sudanese war, the Haftar family has tightened its command structure and strategic control in southeastern Libya." barrons.com/news/libyan-ha… #RSF #Libya #FuelSmuggling

African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali youssouf calls for international intervention in #Mali to counter the #JNIM threat through intelligence sharing. This approach would model elements of the US intervention, recently covered by the The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/…

Powerful The Sentry investigation into how Libya’s fuel-smuggling economy entrenches corruption, empowers armed groups, and spreads instability across the region. thesentry.org/reports/inside…

#ليبيا | تقرير المنظمة الأميركية The Sentry "ذا سنتري" المُرعب عن تهريب الوقود في ليبيا ذكر عدة أطراف وأسماء متورطة في شبكة التهريب شرقا وغربا، التقرير وحدة متكاملة ، إما قبوله بجميع مضامينه أو رفضه جملة وتفصيلا ، أما الانتقاء بحسب الهوى فلا يصنع حقيقة ولا يمنحك مصداقية ...

A new report by The Sentry has raised concerns over the scale of Libya's oil smuggling. MEES looks at the mismatch between imports and domestic demand. tinyurl.com/ypmryx6b

Libya’s vast oil wealth should benefit its people. Instead, billions of dollars in subsidized fuel are being siphoned off every year by military strongmen, political elites, and international enablers. In Foreign Policy, our executive director Justyna Gudzowska exposes how

⛽️ Fuel smuggling in Libya isn’t limited to Haftar; some Libyan army high-ranking officers and officials tied to the GNU are also implicated. The trade drains about $6.7B a year, making it one of the country’s most damaging illicit markets.

There has been an extraordinary rise in Libyan fuel smuggling since 2021. Who’s responsible? The country’s current leaders. "Inside Job" reveals that every year, billions of dollars in stolen fuel fund Haftar’s dictatorship in the east, bankroll armed groups in the west, supply