US World & News Report discusses the public pressure and protests in Morocco and other Arab nations in response to...
Unrest Bound
Egypt opens Rafah Border, to allow safe passage to foreign nationals
Egypt will help evacuate "about 7,000" foreigners and dual nationals from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the foreign...
Egypt: Relief convoys in Egypt head towards Gaza border crossing
Relief convoys which have been waiting for days in Egypt were Tuesday headed towards the Rafah border crossing with...
Tunisia: Worsening economy risks destabilizing Tunisia
Sahel: Mali braces for potential release of hostages by Jihadis
Egypt arrests journalist Basma Mostafa just for reporting on anti-Sisi protests
Algeria intensifies judicial harassment of Hirak activists
Algeria: Former cop who joined anti-regime protests sent to prison
Mali: Civilian killed by French forces near Gao
Sahel: Communal clashes claim several lives in southern Chad
The Algerian regime now sends poets to prison
Libyan journalist Ismail Abuzreiba gets 15 years in prison by illegitimate court linked to warlord Haftar
Migration: More migrants rescued off the coast of Libya
Migration: Dozens die each month on Africa’s migration routes
Egypt carries out death sentence on people accused of killing police officer
Egypt attacks female online media personalities, five of them sentenced to prison
Burkina Faso government under pressure over extrajudicial killings
Niger: Insurgents release kidnapped aid workers
Tunisia: Why the Tataouine region struggles with unrest
Tunisia: Activist Tarek Haddad released as government hopes riots in Tataouine subside
Algeria: Five more people sentenced to prison for protesting
Amnesty says Morocco used NSO’s Pegasus software to spy on journalist Omar Radi
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
Sahel: Rights group accuses Niger of ‘war crime’ in the execution of alleged Boko Haram fighters
Algeria: Frightened by the likely resumption of protest movement, Algeria intensifies attacks on pro-democracy activists
Libya’s struggle to deal with Covid-19 outbreak
Libya: Eight mass graves discovered in Libya after Haftar forces retreated
Sahel: Government forces sowing terror in the Sahel
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
Egypt arrests 11 for allegedly sharing ‘fake news’ with Al-Jazeera
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
Algeria: Despite repression, Algeria braces for resumption of anti-regime 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...