1204 issue: week ending 5 March 2021

Algeria: Momentum builds for pro-democracy Hirak movement, Algerians insist on end of regime

UN urges Algeria to stop attacks on protesters The United Nations on Friday voiced concern about an increasing crackdown on a pro-democracy protest movement in Algeria, highlighting hundreds of arrests in recent weeks and torture allegations. UN rights office...
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Sahel: Unfolding humanitarian crisis in Niger with growing masses of refugees from Nigeria and from within

The United Nations warned Tuesday that bloodshed in northwestern Nigeria was fuelling an exodus into neighbouring Niger, where violence was also rising.  The UN Refugee Agency said fear of armed groups and communal clashes in Nigeria had sent nearly 7,700 Nigerian...
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Morocco: Germany summons Moroccan envoy over Rabat’s anger on the Western Sahara and Libya

The German government said Wednesday it had called in the Moroccan ambassador in Berlin for "urgent" talks, after Rabat said it had suspended contacts with Germany's embassy. "Yesterday, we summoned the Moroccan ambassador to urgent talks at the Foreign Ministry to...
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Egypt continues to favor capital punishment, executes 11 people

Egyptian authorities on Tuesday executed 11 people convicted of murder, a security source said, in the latest cases of what rights campaigners have labelled "a horrifying execution spree". Capital punishment for civilian convicts in Egypt, the most populous Arab...
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