Billions squandered on asylum hotels because of Home Office ‘incompetence’

Billions of pounds have been squandered on asylum hotel contracts thanks to Home Office mismanagement and incompetence, a major report has found. Ministers and civil servants have become heavily reliant on the costly use of hotels for asylum...

KFAED and UNHCR sign $5.7m deal to boost Sudan, Chad aid

Minister of Foreign Affairs and KFAED Chairman Abdullah Al-Yahya and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi after the signing. KUWAIT CITY, Oct 26: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed two grant agreements Sunday with...

Zain Group reports exceptional performance for 9 months of 2025

Revenue grows 15% YoY to $5.4bn, a 16-year high • Net profit soars 31% YoY to $581m KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading provider of innovative ICT and digital lifestyle communications operating in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa,...

Sudan's fertile region where food is rotting amid famine and war

Zeinab Mohammed SalihJebel Marra ShareSave At the market in Nertiti vendors are having trouble selling the oranges There is a place in Sudan where it is almost possible to forget that a devastating civil war is going on. Wrapped in bright colours...

Nigeria offers the best returns for global mining investors — Alake

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has called on international investors to increase their stakes in Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, citing ongoing reforms that have made the country one of the most attractive destinations...

Sudanese clubs to play league soccer in Rwanda

Three Sudanese clubs would join the league in Rwanda this season in a bid to keep playing while the civil strife in their country negates any chance of normal sporting activity. Sudan has been in the grip of conflict between the army and the...

KFAED signs $5.7m UNHCR grants to aid Sudan and Chad

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) on Sunday signed two grant agreements with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) worth a total of $5.7 million to support humanitarian efforts in Sudan and Chad. The...

PM Al-Sudani unveils plan to boost Iraqi jobs

2025-10-26T17:49:56+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq will launch the National Investment and Employment Initiative, aimed at reducing unemployment by providing incentives to projects that prioritize hiring Iraqi...

Sudanese army intercepts drone attack targeting base south of Khartoum

Sudan’s army said Saturday its air defense systems intercepted a drone attack targeting a military base in Kenana, south of the capital Khartoum, amid ongoing clashes with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Anadolu reports. Witnesses...

Key city in Sudan on brink of falling to paramilitary group

After 18 months of surviving forced starvation and shelling by the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the regional capital and symbolic battleground of Al Fashir is on the verge of full military collapse. On Sunday, the RSF...

Mining: Nigeria Is Best Place To Invest, Alake Tells Chinese Businesmen

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has urged international investors, especially from China, to scale up their participation in Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, citing ongoing reforms that guarantee higher returns and...

Sudanese Al Hilal Advance to CAF Champions League Group Stage

Sat 25 Oct 2025 | 03:22 PM Sudan’s Al Hilal secured their spot in the CAF Champions League group stage after a well-deserved 3–1 victory over Kenya’s Police FC in the second-leg match held Friday evening in Benghazi, Libya, as part of the...

In Khartoum, football on dirt fields offers therapy for war trauma

Children play football on a dirt field at Al-Iskan neighborhood, District 95, west of Omdurman, Sudan, on Oct. 19, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua) KHARTOUM, EGYPT | Xinhua | As the sun dips over the rooftops of Sudan’s capital Khartoum,...

Rebel group claims capture of Sudan army headquarters

Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (centre) says he is "definitely" confident of defeating the RSF rebels/FILE The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has captured the army headquarters in the besieged city of el-Fasher, marking a...

‘I’m an asylum seeker – my hotel is closing but I don’t know where I’m going’

As the Government seeks to close asylum hotels, some migrants have been left in limbo by the chaotic system Asylum seekers at a London hotel say they have been left in limbo as they do not know where they will be relocated after its closure. As...

Sheikha Bodour lands global ambassador role to promote reading

Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi has been appointed a Unesco goodwill ambassador for education and book culture in recognition of her global efforts to promote literacy, publishing and educational development. As president of the American University of...

Sudan’s battles intensify as RSF claims new advance

2025-10-25T13:04:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Khartoum On Saturday, heavy fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, as the paramilitary group...

$1.3bn Lithium Boom: Nigeria Becomes Africa’s Hottest Mining Destination — Alake Tells Global Investors

1 TOYIN ADEBAYO Nigeria has become Africa’s most attractive destination for mineral investment, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, declared on Saturday, citing a surge of more than $1.3 billion in lithium processing...

Why Nigeria is Best for Global Mineral Investment – Alake

The China Conference Solid Minerals Development Minister Dr Dele Alake has charged investors to increase their investment stakes in Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, following positive reforms that promise higher returns. Speaking on the theme...

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the 'builder' seeking to safeguard Iraq's fragile stability

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at his residence in Baghdad, on October 21, 2025. CHARLES THIEFAINE FOR LE MONDE With a construction crane as his emblem and the slogan "Iraq First," Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has presented himself as a...