Unrest Bound

There has been escalating unrest in several localities in the northeast Algerian Sahara. The oil hubs of  Ouargla, Hassi Messaoud, El Menea and Touggourt have been the most affected by riots of unemployed youths for about one week. Young protesters released their...

More than 237,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes in the past six months in Burkina Faso, a country facing deadly jihadist attacks, bringing the total number of displaced to more than 1.3 million, the government has announced.  A government spokesman...

Egypt's parliament Monday authorised the dismissal of public workers listed as government opponents and "terrorists", after a string of deadly rail accidents blamed on the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, lawmakers said. The legislation stipulates that all public...

An Algerian court on Sunday jailed for two years Chems Eddine Laalami, a leading figure from the pro-democracy Hirak protest movement, a rights group said. Also known as Brahim, 30-year-old Laalami was arrested in late June by the Algerian coastguard as he attempted...