Nigerien participants in the Francophone Games, which have kicked off in DR Congo's capital, have been left struggling...
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Morocco continues to use judicial harassment against journalists
By Ismail Bellaoualli and Philippe Agret: Morocco's top court has rejected the final appeals of two journalists, Omar...
Tunisia to free opposition figure after 4 months in jail: lawyer
A Tunisian judge on Friday ordered the release of opposition figure Chaima Issa four months after her arrest on...
The Algerian regime now sends poets to prison
The Algerian regime is gripped by fear that the anti-government Hirak movement reignites. Mass arrests have...
Libyan journalist Ismail Abuzreiba gets 15 years in prison by illegitimate court linked to warlord Haftar
The UN's mission in Libya has voiced "dismay" at the sentencing of a journalist to 15 years in prison in the country's...
Migration: More migrants rescued off the coast of Libya
Lampedusa, Italy, July 29, 2020 - Italy's coast guard said on Wednesday it had rescued nearly 100 migrants on a "half...
Migration: Dozens die each month on Africa’s migration routes
Thousands of migrants have died after suffering "extreme" abuse while crossing Africa, according to a UN report on...
Egypt carries out death sentence on people accused of killing police officer
Cairo, July 28, 2020 - Egypt has executed seven people over the killing of a police officer in the northeastern city...
Egypt attacks female online media personalities, five of them sentenced to prison
An Egyptian court Monday sentenced five female social media influencers to two years in jail each on charges of...
Burkina Faso government under pressure over extrajudicial killings
The United States on Wednesday called on Burkina Faso's government to investigate reports that 180 men were...
Niger: Insurgents release kidnapped aid workers
Ten Niger humanitarian workers abducted by suspected jihadists as they were distributing food have been released a...
Tunisia: Why the Tataouine region struggles with unrest
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 26, 2020 - In the southernmost Tunisian town of Tataouine, being young often means being...
Tunisia: Activist Tarek Haddad released as government hopes riots in Tataouine subside
Tunis, June 24, 2020 - A protest leader in southern Tunisia was released Wednesday, a lawyer said, four days after his...
Algeria: Five more people sentenced to prison for protesting
Algiers, June 23, 2020 - Five people were sentenced Tuesday in Algeria to between six months and a year behind bars...
Amnesty says Morocco used NSO’s Pegasus software to spy on journalist Omar Radi
Jerusalem, June 22, 2020 - Amnesty International said Monday that software developed by Israeli security firm NSO...
Tunisia: Unrest in Tataouine over unemployment
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 21, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs in Tunisia's energy sector blocked roads with blazing...
Algerian government attacks pro-democracy activists
Algiers, June 19, 2020 (By Amal Belalloufi, with Philippe Agret in Tunis) - Algeria has intensified a crackdown on an...
Sahel: Rights group accuses Niger of ‘war crime’ in the execution of alleged Boko Haram fighters
Abidjan, June 12, 2020 - Human Rights Watch on Friday described as a "war crime" the summary execution of two alleged...
Algeria: Frightened by the likely resumption of protest movement, Algeria intensifies attacks on pro-democracy activists
Algiers, June 14, 2020 - Algerian authorities on Sunday arrested three activists from the "Hirak" protest movement, a...
Libya’s struggle to deal with Covid-19 outbreak
There has been an outbreak deep in the desert south, with dozens of cases appearing in the south's largest oasis city...
Libya: Eight mass graves discovered in Libya after Haftar forces retreated
Tripoli, June 11, 2020 - The United Nations voiced "horror" after reports that eight mass graves had been discovered...
Sahel: Government forces sowing terror in the Sahel
Bamako, June 10, 2020 - Amnesty International on Wednesday accused armies in Africa's sprawling Sahel region of...
Mali: Four inmates die in prison riot in Bamako
Four prisoners in Mali's capital Bamako have died after a "mutiny" which saw inmates break out of their cells and...
Sahel: The people of Mali launch their anti-regime Hirak movement
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday demanding the departure of President Ibrahim...
Egypt arrests 11 for allegedly sharing ‘fake news’ with Al-Jazeera
Cairo, May 22, 2020 - Egyptian security forces arrested 11 people on suspicion of fabricating media content for the...
Outlook: Can the country of Togo be a Jihadi hotspot?
Dapaong, Togo, May 21, 2020 (By Célia Lebur) - In a makeshift bunker of sacks of rice beneath a tree, heavily-armed...
Mali: Anger in Bamako over arrest of anti-corruption activist Clement Dembele
Bamako, May 19, 2020 - About one hundred people took to the streets in Mali's capital Bamako on Tuesday to protest the...
Algeria: Despite repression, Algeria braces for resumption of anti-regime protests ($)
Algiers, May 18, 2020 - A day after his release from prison, a leading figure in Algeria's anti-government protests...
Algerian regime makes minor gesture toward Hirak, releases two rights activists
Algiers, May 18, 2020 - A leading figure in Algeria's "Hirak" anti-government protest movement has been released from...
Sahel: Niger sinking into chaos
By Boureima Hama - Amid clucking chickens and bleating sheep, the women of Gadbo, a small village in western Niger,...
Mali: Unrest in Kayes over police violence, three more civilians killed
[Updated May 13, 2020]: Protesters torched an administrative building in the central Malian city of Kayes on...
Algeria: Regime launches frontal assault on pro-democracy movement
By Philippe Agret - The Algerian regime is exploiting coronavirus to defeat a protest movement that has shaken it to...
Nigeria: Covid-19 patients protest over treatment in Gombe
Kano, Nigeria, May 6, 2020 - A group of coronavirus patients staged a protest outside an isolation centre in northern...
Sahel: Niger faces escalating riots in coming days
Niamey, April 22, 2020 (By Boureima Hama) - With the holy Muslim month of Ramadan set to start this weekend,...
Moroccan government spying on its people with mobile app tracking
Rabat, April 22, 2020 - Moroccan police have started using a mobile application in recent days to track violators of...
Tunisia: Blocked border prevents Tunisians from returning home
Ras Jedir, Tunisia, April 21, 2020 - Hundreds of Tunisians stranded for weeks in war-racked Libya due to the...
Sahel: Unrest in Niamey’s Lazaret neighborhood over curfew
Niamey, April 20, 2020 - Clashes erupted in Niamey, the capital of the Sahel nation of Niger, over the government's...