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At least 14 soldiers were killed and several others injured in South Sudan after a suspected "love triangle" dispute led to a deadly shootout, the army said on Wednesday. A clash between members of the Unified VIP Protection Force,...
The price of an ounce of gold soared past $4,000 on Tuesday, as investors move towards the safe-haven asset in response to mounting debt and other issues threatening the standing of US dollar-denominated assets like Treasury Bonds....

Swiss gold refining sector stung by US tariffs

Zurich (AFP) – The first casualty of a hefty 39-percent tariff on Swiss imports into the United States may be gold refining, after it emerged...

AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink

New York (AFP) – Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the...

Smuggling Accounts for 52% of Production… Sudan Aims to Produce 80 Tons of Gold This Year

The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company revealed on Wednesday that it is targeting production of 80 tons of gold this year, after seeing nearly a 16% growth...

‘Stuck in limbo’: Over 90% of X’s Community Notes unpublished, study says

Washington (AFP) – More than 90 percent of X's Community Notes -- a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk's platform -- are never published,...

Trump kills US agency funding Africa infrastructure

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries'...

Zain Sudan Announces Money Transfer Service Without a Bank Account

Zain, the telecommunications company, has announced the launch of an innovative financial service called “Bede,” which enables users to conduct financial transactions without the...

US-funded Arabic network Alhurra ends broadcasts after Trump cuts

Washington (AFP) – Alhurra, the Arabic-language network created by the US government after the Iraq invasion, said Saturday it would cease broadcasts and lay off...

Italian paper prints fully-AI edition, but not to ‘kill’ journalism

Rome (AFP) – In a world first, an Italian newspaper is printing a fully AI-generated edition for a month in what its director said Thursday...

Trump admin begins mass layoffs at Voice of America

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump's administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other US-funded media, making clear its intent to...

Sudan bans all imports from Kenya after it hosted civil war rivals

Sudan has suspended all imports from Kenya in protest after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are fighting the army in a two-year...

Sudan Suspends Import of All Products from Kenya

Sudan has announced a ban on all imports from Kenya, effective immediately and until further notice. This decision comes as a response to Kenya's...

Sudan achieves record gold production in 2024 despite armed conflict

Despite the ongoing armed conflict, Sudan achieved a record gold output in 2024, totaling 64.4 tons and generating about 1.6 billion U.S. dollars in...

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