The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights defenders on Tuesday urged Algeria to release all jailed human...
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Egypt: Italy sets new trial for Egyptians accused of student’s murder
A court in Italy on Monday set a February date for a new trial in absentia of four Egyptian security officers accused...
Middle East: Wounded children from war-torn Gaza airlifted to UAE
By Mumen KhatibB and Giuseppe Cacace: Clutching a blown-up surgical glove as a makeshift toy, a Palestinian child is...
Egypt: At least 14 inmates died from Covid-19 in Egyptian prisons
Beirut, July 20, 2020 - At least 14 prisoners have died from likely COVID-19 complications in scantly-monitored...
Algerian police arrest singer for criticizing dilapidated hospital
The Algerian authorities arrested singer Siham Japonia after she was accused of "attacking the symbols of the...
Egypt: You are considered a criminal if you fly a kite in Egypt
Cairo, July 11, 2020 - [Photo: Rene Vincit] Egyptian police have seized kites from people flying them after a ban by...
Tunisia: Conservative court sends Emna Charki to prison for parody linking the Koran and Covid-19
Tunis, July 14, 2020 - A young Tunisian woman was sentenced to six months in jail by a Tunis court on Tuesday over a...
Burkina Faso government under pressure over extrajudicial killings
The United States on Wednesday called on Burkina Faso's government to investigate reports that 180 men were...
Egypt: US tells Egypt to quit harassing Americans
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday welcomed Egypt's release of a US citizen but urged the ally to stop...
Egypt accused of intimidating family of activist Mohamed Soltan
Washington, June 25, 2020 - Local and international rights groups on Thursday accused Egypt of "harassing and...
Algeria: Five more people sentenced to prison for protesting
Algiers, June 23, 2020 - Five people were sentenced Tuesday in Algeria to between six months and a year behind bars...
Amnesty says Morocco used NSO’s Pegasus software to spy on journalist Omar Radi
Jerusalem, June 22, 2020 - Amnesty International said Monday that software developed by Israeli security firm NSO...
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...
Egypt: Murder of Giulio Regeni remains thorny issue in Italy
Rome, June 19, 2020 - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has accepted the blame for a failure to extract answers from Egypt...
Algerian government attacks pro-democracy activists
Algiers, June 19, 2020 (By Amal Belalloufi, with Philippe Agret in Tunis) - Algeria has intensified a crackdown on an...
Egypt holds doctors in prison for speaking out on health crisis
Amnesty International demanded Thursday that Egypt stop its "harassment and intimidation" of frontline medics for...
Sahel: Rights group accuses Niger of ‘war crime’ in the execution of alleged Boko Haram fighters
Abidjan, June 12, 2020 - Human Rights Watch on Friday described as a "war crime" the summary execution of two alleged...
Algeria: Frightened by the likely resumption of protest movement, Algeria intensifies attacks on pro-democracy activists
Algiers, June 14, 2020 - Algerian authorities on Sunday arrested three activists from the "Hirak" protest movement, a...
Sahel: Government forces sowing terror in the Sahel
Bamako, June 10, 2020 - Amnesty International on Wednesday accused armies in Africa's sprawling Sahel region of...
Sahel: Growing concern over soldiers’ misconduct in the Sahel
By Amaury Hauchard: Accusations of alleged forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings are mounting against...
Egypt: While Sisi sends aid to China, Italy and US, Egypt’s health system is about to collapse
Cairo, May 25, 2020 - Egypt's top medical union on Monday warned of a "complete collapse" of the country's health...
Moroccan authorities attack more journalists of Akhbar Al-Yaum
Rabat, May 25, 2020 - A Moroccan judge on Monday placed the head of an independent daily newspaper in pre-trial...
Egypt arrests 11 for allegedly sharing ‘fake news’ with Al-Jazeera
Cairo, May 22, 2020 - Egyptian security forces arrested 11 people on suspicion of fabricating media content for the...
Algeria: Blind repression and worsening freedoms in Algeria
Algiers, May 20, 2020 - Algeria has sentenced three opposition activists to jail over Facebook posts, in what rights...
Burkina Faso: Rights group wants investigation into extra-judicial killings
Ouagadougou, May 20, 2020 - Human Rights Watch called Wednesday on the Burkina Faso authorities to hold an...
Egypt: Eid al-Fitr under lockdown
Cairo, May 17, 2020 - Egypt on Sunday announced a lengthening of its night-time curfew and other measures to prevent...
Egypt: Regime of General Sisi arrests Mada Masr Editor
Egyptian security services on Sunday detained the editor-in-chief of prominent independent news outlet Mada Masr, its...
Algeria: Despite repression, Algeria braces for resumption of anti-regime protests ($)
Algiers, May 18, 2020 - A day after his release from prison, a leading figure in Algeria's anti-government protests...
Algerian regime makes minor gesture toward Hirak, releases two rights activists
Algiers, May 18, 2020 - A leading figure in Algeria's "Hirak" anti-government protest movement has been released from...
Sahel: Niger sinking into chaos
By Boureima Hama - Amid clucking chickens and bleating sheep, the women of Gadbo, a small village in western Niger,...
Egypt: A flyover symbolizing a mediocre government ($)
Cairo, May 14, 2020 - A road bridge under construction in Egypt's capital that almost abuts balconies of apartment...
Mali: Unrest in Kayes over police violence, three more civilians killed
[Updated May 13, 2020]: Protesters torched an administrative building in the central Malian city of Kayes on...
Algeria: Regime launches frontal assault on pro-democracy movement
By Philippe Agret - The Algerian regime is exploiting coronavirus to defeat a protest movement that has shaken it to...
Egypt military regime ratchets up repressive measures against population
Cairo, May 8, 2020 - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a host of amendments to Egypt's emergency law which...
Morocco: RSF said TV crew attacked by police near Rabat
Rabat, Marocco, May 8, 2020 - Moroccan authorities said Friday they would investigate a case of an attack on...
Egypt: Sisi regime extends pre-trial detentions
Beirut, May 7, 2020 - Amnesty International lambasted Egypt on Thursday for extending the pre-trial detention of over...
Libya: Haftar intensifies rocket attacks on Tripoli
Tripoli, May 8, 2020 - Rocket and shell fire on Tripoli has killed at least 13 civilians and two policemen in the...
Maghreb: A Ramadan unlike no other
Algiers, May 7, 2020 (By Abdelhafid Daamache) - North Africans say they are missing the taste of Ramadan, as...
Algeria: Government braces for intensification of Hirak after pandemic ($)
Three separate security reports commissioned by the presidency and reviewed by President Tebboune have all warned of...
Morocco: After launching spy app, Morocco deploys surveillance drones
Rabat, May 6, 2020 - Morocco has rapidly expanded its fleet of drones as it battles the coronavirus pandemic,...
Nigeria: First man to be hanged in ‘virtual’ trial
Lagos, May 5, 2020 - A Nigerian court sentenced a man to death in the country's first ever virtual ruling during a...
Sahel: Mali and Niger troops accused of extra-judicial killings
Bamako, April 30, 2020 - The UN mission in Mali on Thursday blamed Malian and Niger troops for scores of...
Algerian authorities under international pressure to stop harassing journalists ($)
April 30, 2020 - Several rights groups including Amnesty International urged Algerian authorities Thursday to free...