Official statistics in Iraq show that the private sector imports around $8 billion worth of gold and precious stones from the UAE each year, raising questions about why such huge quantities are being brought in and who is behind these shipments.

As an IMF mission arrived in Cairo to review Egypt’s loan program, official rhetoric followed suit in an attempt to frame “easing inflation” and a return to “economic stability” as proof of success on headline indicators.

Transitional Sovereign Council Chairman General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on October 13, 2025, dismissed Sudanese Central Bank Governor Buraie Siddig Ali Ahmed.

Talk of South Sudan’s first presidential election since its 2011 independence referendum, expected in 2026, has been clouded by setbacks as opposition leader Riek Machar prepares to challenge current President Salva Kiir Mayardit.

Decisions to seize property by the Egyptian regime occur regularly across ministries, leaving citizens shocked as their homes are forcibly taken or demolished under heavy security, with those who resist arrested.