Social & Human Affairs Bound

The United States on Wednesday called on Burkina Faso's government to investigate reports that 180 men were extrajudicially executed by the army, threatening to withdraw security aid if it did not act swiftly.  "US security assistance cannot continue without action,"...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday welcomed Egypt's release of a US citizen but urged the ally to stop harassment of others. Mohamed Amashah, 24, was freed Monday, nearly 16 months after he was arrested in Cairo's Tahrir  Square for holding up a sign...

Rabat (AFP) - Morocco reported Sunday 698 additional novel coronavirus infections, the highest one-day increase since the outbreak began in early March, with numerous cases discovered in a port city factory. The new figures bring the official total in the North...

The identity of dozens of migrants who drowned off Tunisia last month might have been lost without a trace, like thousands of others who have disappeared on the treacherous sea route to Europe. But when authorities recovered 61 bodies near the eastern port city of...