Under pressure, Egypt releases from prison six activistsF

Under pressure, Egypt releases from prison six activistsF

By Mona Salem Egypt on Sunday freed six activists including journalist Esraa Abdel-Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 revolution, just days after Washington warned Cairo over a crackdown on rights activists. Since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2014, the...

Libyans facing an expansive Eid El-Adha holidayF

Muslims in war-scarred Libya mark Eid al-Adha from Tuesday, but few will be able to afford the sheep or goat traditionally slaughtered during the festival. The guns may have fallen silent in the North African country, but its people are now fighting a deep economic...

Morocco accused of spying on its journalists with Israeli spywareF

Morocco said Monday it “categorically rejects” claims its intelligence services had used Israeli spyware Pegasus to monitor critics at home and abroad, a government statement read.  Rabat said it had “never acquired computer software to infiltrate...

Covid-19: Mauritania reinstates new measures to contain coronavirusF

Mauritania, concerned over rising Covid-19 infections, has banned mosque prayers over the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha set for Wednesday in the West African country. Prayers will be confined to the home, the government in the conservative Muslim country said in a...
Libya’s normalization efforts at an impasseF

Libya’s normalization efforts at an impasseF

The UN envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, on Thursday warned of an impasse in the political, security and budgetary plans for the country, which is supposed to hold general elections on December 24 but which are looking increasingly in doubt.”I am deeply concerned...
A secret trial in MoroccoF

A secret trial in MoroccoF

A Moroccan judge on Tuesday took the trial of journalist and rights activist Omar Radi behind closed doors, a move his supporters slammed as “a new violation”. Radi has been in detention for almost a year on charges of espionage and rape which he denies....
Morocco: Heightened migration crisis in western Med SeaF

Morocco: Heightened migration crisis in western Med SeaF

More than 300 migrants rescued off the coast of Morocco Morocco’s navy has rescued 344 migrants, including women and children, after their makeshift boats ran into difficulty in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, the MAP news agency reported Thursday. It said the...
Catholic hostages freed in MaliF

Catholic hostages freed in MaliF

A Malian priest — the last of a group of five Catholics kidnapped in mid-June — has been freed, church and government sources said Wednesday.  Armed men took the five people hostage in the centre of Mali on June 21 after they left Segue to attend the...

Brief: Egypt steps up penalties for sexual harassmentF

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

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Mali: Son of former president faces demand for his arrestF

Mali: Son of former president faces demand for his arrestF

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Mozambique confronted with a severe food crisisF

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

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

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Algeria arrests opposition figure Fethi GharesF

Algeria arrests opposition figure Fethi GharesF

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Tunisia’s model seaweed farmingF

Tunisia’s model seaweed farmingF

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