Africa

Morocco has named its flagship Tiznit-Dakhla expressway after US President Donald Trump, citing his recognition of Rabat's sovereignty over Western Sahara.

By recognizing Somaliland as a sovereign, self-governing “Gateway Nation,” Israel has set the foundation for an alliance in which security, technology, and economic enterprise operate as a whole.

Spain's Interior Ministry said around 50,000 people had crossed the border from Morocco to Ceuta since Thursday morning, and estimated that 48,300 had returned by 6 p.m. on Friday.

A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools.

Thousands of migrants entered Ceuta by sea and through a breached fence, prompting emergency calls as local businesses shut amid fears of unrest.

Sudan's chemical weapons findings received far less sustained attention than allegations against the UAE.

An independent expert on the region, Corinne Dufka, told The Washington Post that any US action in Mali has the potential to backfire and lead to the targeting of American citizens.

Once completed, it will have an annual capacity of 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas, with about half of that designated for export to Europe via an existing connection to Spain.

Military agreements, port investments, and competing positions on Somalia, Somaliland, and Sudan are drawing the African and Arabian shores of the Red Sea into a single geopolitical arena.

"It is still in the expansion phase, unfortunately. We would like to say it is stabilizing, but frankly we cannot say it yet," Dr Anne Ancia, WHO representative in the country, said.