1st Premium Bound

Sahel: Burkina Faso junta issues decree to requisition gold from mining companies ($)

Burkina Faso is drowning in economic and financial hardship and the ongoing security environment mean that the country is looking for every possible avenue to find money. A country ruled by a junta that forced itself into power through a coup, without too many friends...

Egypt: Sisi regime arrests activist Sanaa Seif

Cairo, June 23, 2020 - Egyptian authorities on Tuesday arrested a prominent activist and sister of an iconic figure of the 2011 uprising, as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissidents, her lawyer and family said. Sanaa Seif, 26, was outside the public prosecutor's...

Algerian regime lost the moral high ground: It is arresting children too in new wave of repression

In an effort to repress civilians, the Algerian police prevented the holding on Friday, 19 June of several rallies across the country, using repression, as was the case in the eastern cities of Annaba, Bouira and Bejaia. But what raised uproar was the image of a...

Algerian regime maintains its attacks on civilians, jails mother of two

Algiers, June 21, 2020 - Algeria sentenced prominent anti-government activist Amira Bouraoui to a year in prison on Sunday amid a growing climate of repression, one of her lawyers told AFP. "This conviction is unjust, there is no evidence. We are going to appeal," ...