Unrest Bound

Tunisian prosecutors opened an investigation on Thursday into the death of a young suspected cigarette smuggler who was shot by a customs officer in central Tunis. Mohsen Zeyani, 23, died in hospital late Wednesday after being shot during a raid on a car carrying...

Egypt's interior ministry said Thursday it has footage of jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah that "disproves" a report from his family that he has been on hunger strike for 10 weeks. The footage, recorded inside his cell, "was delivered to the public prosecution", the...

Human rights defender Sultana Khaya arrived in southeastern Spain Friday where she will receive medical treatment for injuries sustained during 19 months of house arrest in Western Sahara, the Polisario Front said.  Her arrival comes barely two months after Spain...

Around 100 dead in clashes between Chad gold miners Around 100 people have died in clashes between gold miners in northern Chad, Defence Minister General Daoud Yaya Brahim said on Monday. Violence broke out on May 23 at Kouri Bougoudi near the Libyan border, sparked...