Social & Human Affairs Bound

Three Algerian activists awaiting trial in prison were rushed to hospital Tuesday, 10 days after they began a hunger strike protesting their detention, the CNLD prisoners' rights group said. Mohamed Tadjadit, Noureddine Khimoud and Abdelhak Ben Rahmani began their...

A freelance Egyptian journalist who worked for pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera and was arrested on false news and terrorism charges is being denied medication in custody, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Aamer Abdelmonem is among at least 27 journalists the...

At least 11 people have been killed in the latest fighting between farmers and nomadic herders in the southeast of Chad, the local governor told AFP Sunday.  The fighting took place on Friday and Saturday in Salamat province, after cattle belonging to one herder...

A supporter of Algeria's Hirak protest movement was sentenced to three years in jail Monday for satirical social media posts mocking the government and religion, sparking condemnation from rights groups Walid Kechida, 25, was accused of insulting President Abdelmadjid...