Brief: Egypt steps up penalties for sexual harassmentF

Monday, July 12, 2021

Egypt’s parliament on Sunday passed a law toughening sentences for sexual harassment to at least five years in prison, Egyptian media outlets reported. The amendment makes sexual harassment a criminal offence, as opposed to a misdemeanour, and raises the minimum...
Morocco experiencing scorching heatwaveF

Morocco experiencing scorching heatwaveF

Monday, July 12, 2021

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Mali: Son of former president faces demand for his arrestF

Mali: Son of former president faces demand for his arrestF

Saturday, July 10, 2021

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Mozambique confronted with a severe food crisisF

Friday, July 9, 2021

More than 730,000 displaced people in conflict-ridden northern Mozambique could face a “hunger emergency” unless urgent funding is secured, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned Tuesday.   Insurgents have been wreaking havoc in Cabo Delgado since 2017,...

Militancy: The murky link between DR Congo’s ADF and Islamic StateF

Friday, July 9, 2021

Its hallmark: Attack a remote village, massacre its inhabitants and abduct survivors.  Not for nothing has the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) become a name that inspires widespread dread in eastern DR Congo.  Suspicions are growing that this historically Ugandan...
Migrants: The deadly waters of the Western MediterraneanF

Migrants: The deadly waters of the Western MediterraneanF

Thursday, July 8, 2021

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Algeria arrests opposition figure Fethi GharesF

Algeria arrests opposition figure Fethi GharesF

Thursday, July 1, 2021

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Tunisia’s model seaweed farmingF

Tunisia’s model seaweed farmingF

Friday, June 25, 2021

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Libya: Sexual slavery in Libya’s 21st centuryF

Libya: Sexual slavery in Libya’s 21st centuryF

Friday, June 25, 2021

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Egypt’s foreign debt increases with more IMF loanF

Egypt’s foreign debt increases with more IMF loanF

Thursday, June 24, 2021

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Armed conflict in Mozambique likely to intensifyF

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Mozambique jihadists attack as bloc approves force deployment Islamist militants clashed with Mozambican government forces in a new bout of attacks in Palma district near a multi-million-dollar gas plant, military and security sources told AFP Wednesday. The clashes...

Nigeria: Four kidnapped Chinese workers regain their freedomF

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Four Chinese rail workers kidnapped last week in southwest Nigeria have been released, police said Tuesday. The four were abducted on Wednesday from a rail construction site at Alaagba village in Ogun state by unknown gunmen who also killed their police escort. The...

Nigeria: 15 kidnapped students escape their abductorsF

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Fifteen Nigerian hostages have escaped from their abductors as they slept, weeks after they were among more than 130 pupils and teachers snatched by gunmen from an Islamic seminary, the school’s headteacher told AFP Tuesday. On May 30 around 200...