Libya: Turkish and Italian officials visit Libya’s UN-recognised government
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Thousands of women in Turkey took to the streets on Wednesday to demand that the government does not withdraw from a landmark treaty on preventing domestic violence. The protests were the biggest in recent weeks as anger grows over the rising number of women killed by...
Sahel: UN seeks to integrate Mali refugees in Niger population
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Nigerian police on Wednesday arrested dozens of protesters demanding better governance from President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, activists and lawyers said. But police said the protesters were arrested for breaching COVID-19 rules on social distancing....Spread of Covid-19 accelerates in Turkey
Turkey has expressed concern over the rising number of coronavirus cases as the daily infection toll exceeded 1,000 for the second day in a row on Wednesday. Ankara has eased most of the restrictions that were in place since the first case was recorded in March,...
Egypt: Impasse in talks over Nile dam. Sudan threatens to withdraw
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Restrictions imposed on Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and a handful of other inmates at a Turkish island prison are not acceptable, an anti-torture group said Wednesday, urging he be granted more outside contact and less solitary confinement. The Kurdistan...Lagos: Partial closure of Africa’s second-largest bridge causes traffic mayhem
Lagos, Aug 5, 2020 – Monster traffic jams are nothing new for Lagos, but the partial closure of the city’s main bridge for repairs has made getting about an even greater ordeal for its 20 million inhabitants. The on-ramp to the Third Mainland Bridge has...President Buhari recognizes Nigeria’s severe security problems
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, in a rare interview, on Friday acknowledged the scale of security problems in two troubled regions, saying developments were “very, very disturbing”. Buhari came to power in 2015 vowing to crush a bloody jihadist...Lagos reopens mosques on 7 July, churches on 9 July
The governor of Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos said on Saturday churches and mosques would reopen next week as the authorities move to ease the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. “Places of worship in Lagos will now be opened from Friday, the 7th...
Immigration: Influx of migrants gives new momentum to Italy’s far-right movement
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Lagos, Aug 4, 2020 – Nigeria’s largest airline Air Peace said Tuesday it had laid off a number of pilots and cut salaries in order to cope with the impact of the coronavirus on its operations. The private carrier did not disclose the number of pilots...
Sahel: Government of Chad slows Internet access to a trickle
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Sahel: Restoring the world heritage site of Bandiagara in Mali
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Mali: Five soldiers killed in two attacks in Mali
Libya: Sharp rise in civilian casualties in Libyan conflict in 2Q2020 sequentially
Libya: Pro-GNA security services say they spotted five Russian military cargo planes landing at Libyan airports over 48-hour period
Morocco: Field hospitals in northwest Morocco near full capacity
Tunisia: Music school in Kairouan forced to shut down with emergence on coronavirus case
Tunisia: Soldier killed in Dehiba while chasing contraband smugglers
Egypt proceeds with procurement of Russian warplanes
Egypt: Egyptians brace for more water cuts
South African mass retailer Shoprite reassessing its presence in Nigeria
South Africa’s Shoprite group, the continent’s largest supermarket chain, said Monday it was mulling exiting Nigeria a decade-and-half after it ventured into the continent’s most populous country. It said it was revaluating its operating model in...
Mali: UN plane careens off Gao airport runway
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Algeria: Thousands of hectares of forests in Algeria ravaged by fire
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Libyan journalist Ismail Abuzreiba gets 15 years in prison by illegitimate court linked to warlord Haftar
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Algeria: Reporters Without Borders calls for Algeria to release journalist Khaled Drareni
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Sahel: Boko Haram hits village in Chad, kills residents
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Lagos, Aug 1, 2020 – Ten people were killed, five rescued and four others went missing when a passenger boat capsized in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, a government agency said on Saturday. The boat was heading to Badagry from the Kirikiri area of the...
1173 issue: week ending 27 July 2020
1172 issue: week ending 23 July 2020
Generalized repression in the Arab world
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Egypt: #MeToo movement in Egypt
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Algeria: President Tebboune fires minister over unreported real estate purchases
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Mali: Opposition rejects compromise by West African leaders, insists president must leave
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Egypt: New election law prevents anyone from competing against Sisi in future elections
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Lagos, July 29, 2020 – Gunmen killed 14 villagers in central Nigeria’s Kogi state on Wednesday, police said, blaming the attack on communal violence. The night-time attack on Agbudu village in Koton-Karfe area also left six people seriously injured, said...