Overview
- CAF’s disciplinary committee penalized Morocco’s Al‑Jaish Al‑Malaki with two home matches behind closed doors and $100,000 in fines after November crowd disturbances against Al Ahly.
- Morocco rolled out an event‑security architecture for AFCON 2025, opening an African police cooperation centre in Salé with INTERPOL’s STADIA project and deploying 6,000 mobile cameras across 75 priority sites, special units and drone‑supported response teams.
- The United States conducted a Dec. 25 strike in Sokoto at Nigeria’s request, with President Donald Trump announcing the operation and AFRICOM reporting several ISIS‑linked militants killed and no initial civilian casualties.
- SDF commander Muzlum Abdi reiterated commitment to the March 10 framework with Damascus, calling current integration arrangements a theoretical understanding as localized clashes and fragile calm continued around Aleppo.
- Senior U.S. adviser Masad Boulos urged an immediate, unconditional cease-fire in Sudan and consistent aid access to al‑Fashir, renewing international pressure on the warring parties.