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Egypt: Al-Sisi orders three-month renewal of state of emergencyF

Cairo, April 28, 2020 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a long-running state of emergency, citing health as well as security concerns. Egypt has been under a state of emergency since April 2017 when twin...

Sahel: Chad abolishes death penalty for terrorismF

Chad on Tuesday abolished the death penalty for terrorist activities, Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP. Chad had adopted legal amendments in 2016 and abolished the death sentence, except for terrorism. "The MPs unanimously voted to abolish the death penalty for...

Week-in-review podcast: Lockdowns, curfews and government abuseF

This is a retrospect on North Africa and the Sahel region, for the week ending 24 April. The review, which focuses on the latest on Covid-19 in the Maghreb, Egypt and the Sahel, is presented by MEA Risk analyst Arezki Daoud. The transcripted text is below. You can...

Sahel: Gunmen attack villages in Mali’s Mopti region, kill dozen civiliansF

Bamako, April 23, 2020 - At least twelve people have been killed in an attack on several villages in central Mali, a local official said Thursday, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn country. Gunmen on motorbikes struck several villages near the town of...

Libya: Authorities find bodies of people in Benghazi likely killed execution styleF

Libya: Authorities find bodies of people in Benghazi likely killed execution styleF

Mar 19, 2021

The bodies of 11 people bearing gunshot wounds were discovered on Thursday in eastern Libya's Benghazi, said a...

Repression: How the Egyptian army destroyed the Sinai in the name of the “war on terror”F

Repression: How the Egyptian army destroyed the Sinai in the name of the “war on terror”F

Mar 18, 2021

Egyptian troops have demolished more than 12,300 buildings in the Sinai Peninsula since 2013 in a campaign of forced...

Libya: Foreign meddlers continue to maintain thousands of mercenaries in LibyaF

Libya: Foreign meddlers continue to maintain thousands of mercenaries in LibyaF

Mar 9, 2021

Libya's prime minister-designate demanded the departure Tuesday of an estimated 20,000 foreign fighters as he sought...

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