Algeria: Riots erupt over months-long water shortages
Unrest over water shortages has added to a months-long protest movement in Algeria, as the ruling elite scramble to retain...
Rory Fleming-Stewart
Omar Radi: Martyred in Morocco’s culling of the free press
Journalists being silenced and arrested on trumped-up charges isn’t doing Morocco any favours on the world stage but bombing its...
Tunisia: Two journalists sentenced amid crackdowns
Tunisia’s increasingly paranoid regime is crushing any dissent with an iron fist, prosecuting those who publicly criticize the authoritarian government's...
Sudan: RSF to open “safe passages” from key Darfur city
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are trying win hearts and minds, depriving the national army of volunteers as the battle...
Algeria urges UN Security Council for action in Gaza
Algeria has urged the UN’s security council (UNSC) to act in Gaza, as Israel’s blockade, bombardment, and invasion approaches its...
Iranian President and FM dead in helicopter crash
The death of Iran’s ultra-conservative president in a May 19th helicopter crash brings the potential for a transformation in domestic...
Morocco: Casablanca rallies against Israeli ties
A coalition of once-rival political groups could spell trouble for Morocco’s ruling elite, as the public makes their contempt for...
Morocco to build “trade hub” in Dakhla’s Atlantic port
Morocco is rapidly developing its disputed southern provinces in recent years, in a bid to assert its sovereignty and local...
Five Israeli soldiers killed by friendly fire
The deaths of five Israeli soldiers in Gaza have raised further questions as to its military competence ahead of a...
Tunisia arrests sports officials in flag dispute
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied lashed out at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for a supposed slight in the latest of...
Erdogan claims Israel will “set its sights” on Turkish territory
The war in Gaza is increasingly looking like it will spill over and create a regional conflict between powers, with...
Tunisian police release journalist who filmed critic’s arrest
Tunisian police have released a photojournalist detained in a May 13th police raid on the country’s lawyers’ bar headquarters, according...
Palestine marks Nakba amid Israeli Independence celebrations
Amid Israeli Independence Day celebrations, thousands of Palestinians citizens of Israel took to the streets on May 15th to commemorate...
Morocco: Amnesty report scolds Morocco on abortion laws
Morocco’s abortion laws force women and girls into dangerous situations, violating their human rights, according to a May 14th Amnesty...
Tunisia: Three Saied critics arrested in police raid
Prominent Tunisian lawyer Sonia Dahmani, known for her fierce criticism of President Kais Saied, was arrested on May 11th according...
