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UAE deepens energy and infrastructure ties across Africa ahead of AEW 2025
CAPE TOWN (Realist English). The United Arab Emirates is expanding its footprint in Africa’s energy and infrastructure sectors, with growing...
The governance paradox of southern Algeria: Natural wealth, systemic neglect, and emerging instability
ALGIERS (Realist English). Southern Algeria—home to the country’s most strategic oil and gas fields—represents a paradox at the heart of...
UN confirms discovery of mass graves and torture sites in Libya, urges immediate accountability
TRIPOLI (Realist English). The United Nations has confirmed the discovery of more than 80 bodies at official and clandestine detention...
Wagner Group declares mission in Mali complete, announces withdrawal after 3.5 years of operations
BAMAKO (Realist English). Russia’s Wagner Group has officially announced its withdrawal from Mali after more than three years of combat...
Algeria reclaims leverage: France faces shrinking influence in gas, trade, and security
ALGIERS (Realist English). France is no longer in a position to dictate the terms of its relationship with Algeria, according...
Algeria’s diplomatic isolation deepens amid rising regional tensions and domestic pressure
ALGIERS (Realist English). Algeria is entering one of the most turbulent phases of its recent diplomatic history, with escalating confrontations...
Nigeria needs urgent constitutional overhaul, says former Bar Association chief Olisa Agbakoba
LAGOS (Realist English). Prominent Nigerian lawyer and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba, has called for an...
Kinshasa targets ex-president’s party amid M23 conflict
KINSHASA (Realist English). Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have suspended the activities of the People's Party for...
Global leaders ‘should be ashamed’ over Congo crisis as violence escalates
KINSHASA (Realist English). World leaders have been accused of turning their backs on one of the world’s most severe humanitarian...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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