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Italian court rules Egypt unsafe for repatriated migrants
An Italian court has dealt a fresh blow to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s migrant policy by ruling that applications for asylum from Egypt cannot be fast-tracked, according to ArabWeekly...
Algeria seeks NATO co-operation to secure energy facilities
Algerian Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab said Algeria was determined to co-operate with NATO to secure energy facilities, according to the Arab Weekly and agencies on November 6th. Observers told the...
Sudan fires African Union complaint against Chad over arms
The army-backed government of Sudan has accused Chad of supplying arms to rebel militias on November 5th, according to the Arab News via AFP. Sudanese justice minister Muawiya Osman said...
Activists say 10 killed by Sudan paramilitaries
Activists in Sudan on November 5th said 10 civilians were killed in the state of Gezira, in an attack they blamed on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to the...
Chad threatens exit from regional group following attack
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby has warned that his country may withdraw from a regional security coalition, according to Africa News and agencies. Deby, whose remarks came during a visit...
Sudan’s RSF launches violent raids on villages
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces have been accused of launching attacks against civilians in villages, according to the Arab News via Reuters. Salwa Abdallah, who was recuperating from a caesarean section,...
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Moroccan press blame PM Akhannouch for jobs “massacre”
Aziz Akhannouch, Morocco’s business tycoon Prime Minister estimated, by some accounts, to be the fifth richest man in Africa is struggling with the Moroccan economy,...
Belgian investigators give up the chase for MoroccoGate agents
A battle between Belgium and Morocco to deliver a token strand of justice towards the latter’s officials who were responsible for the MoroccoGate scandal in...
Disgraced ex-Mauritanian President handed hefty sentence
Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for abusing his position of power whilst in office, according to AFP. ...
Tebboune praises Algerian judiciary despite political trials
Algeria’s President sung his praises of the country’s judicial system on November 6, reports Asharq Al-Awsat and agencies. Abdelmadjid Tebboune turned his attention to the...
Tunisian football chief arrested in corruption scandal
Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) President Wadie Jary was arrested on October 26 as part of an investigation into suspected corruption, reports TRT. The country’s Ministry of...
Politics
Italian court rules Egypt unsafe for repatriated migrants
An Italian court has dealt a fresh blow to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s migrant policy by ruling that applications for asylum from Egypt cannot...
New acting foreign minister appointed by Sudanese army chief
Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has appointed a new acting foreign minister, according to the Arab News via Reuters. This follows a cabinet decision...
Ruling Botswana party ousted after 58 years in power
Voters in Botswana have voted against the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a seismic political shift in the diamond-rich southern African...
French national detained in Tunisia on state security charges
The Tunisian president's purge of practically anyone in the country who criticized him or his style of governance has now even extended to foreigners living...
Libyan Football Federation to challenge AFCON sanctions
The Libyan Football Federation plans to take legal action to reverse sanctions imposed on them after the national side’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against...
Family denied access to jailed opposition leader in Tunisia
Family members of a jailed opposition figure in Tunisia say they have been denied access to him a week after he began a hunger strike,...
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Thousands of dogs killed in Morocco in clean-up for World Cup
Animal welfare groups warn that thousands of dogs are being killed in World Cup venues across Morocco, according to the Mirror on October 16th. Campaigners...
Nigerian football team claim Libya plane diversion ‘revenge’
In an extraordinary move of international petulance, Nigerian football players refused to play in a match with Libya, after having their plane diverted hundreds of...
120 people allege sexual misconduct against Diddy
The jailed rapper and mogul Sean "Diddy" Combes has been accused of sexual misconduct by 120 people, as he awaits trial on charges of sex...
Heavy rains in Morocco and Algeria take lives, destroy homes
Unusual heavy rains have hit both Morocco and Algeria in desert areas that killed nearly two dozen people and destroyed homes and critical infrastructure, according...
26 years missing: Algerian man found alive in neighbour’s cellar
The Algerian civil war was the cause of 200,000 deaths and 20,000 kidnappings; the family of Omar bin Omran assumed that he was one of...
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