Social & Human Affairs Bound

Libya has rescued more than 1,500 would-be migrants off its west coast in the past week, a non-governmental organisation said. "The Libyan coastguard has conducted several rescue operations from a week ago until (Wednesday) and rescued about 1,500 people," Adel...

Five people died and 25 others were hospitalised in Tunisia after drinking a bootleg brew reportedly containing alcohol intended for perfumes, health officials and local media said Monday.  Abdelghani Chaabani, director of health of the central town of Kasserine, told...

At least 24 people died after heavy rain flooded an illegal underground textile workshop in a private house in Morocco's port of Tangiers, the state news agency reported Monday. Rescue workers recovered 24 bodies from the property and rescued 10 survivors, who were...

The public prosecutor at a court in Algiers ordered an inquiry Sunday after a student alleged security forces had tortured him in custody, a statement said.  Walid Nekkiche was arrested on November 26, 2019, in Algiers during a march of students from the Hirak...