Social & Human Affairs Bound

The migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking rescued 86 people off the coast of Libya on Tuesday as their vessel foundered while trying to reach Europe, its French-based operator said. "The rescued, mainly from Gambia and Senegal, were suffering from dehydration, exhaustion...

Photo by Mostnir Shady Ahmed: In the decade since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power, Egypt has built dozens of motorways that zigzag across Cairo -- crushing entire neighbourhoods, precious green spaces and historic gravesites. The administration of Sisi, a...

The Algerian authorities have become used to enacting individual or collective punishment anytime they face even the smallest issue. Journalists in prison, political opponents abroad hunted, and now the entire country has been prevented from accessing the Internet...

By Marc Burleigh: EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday are to look at ways to press aid on Tunisia in a bid to stem migrant boat departures for Europe. The discussion will come two weeks after a boat believed to have been carrying hundreds of migrants capsized...