The year finally saw the longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu losing power in Israel after he failed to secure the requisite number of votes in the Knesset. - Change of guard in Israel, IranNaftali Bennet, an ultra-extremist leader of the New Right party, became the country’s 13th prime minister. The Sudanese political situation was also subjected to additional hitches after the country’s military fully took over the political institutions on Oct. 25. Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and his wife were also taken to an unknown destination. However, the protests continued with many Sudanese political forces accusing Hamdok of “letting them down” by reconciling with the army.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 27, 2021 09:00 UTC