Algeria: 2 more journalists arrested in crackdown on dissent
While Algeria prepares for a presidential election in September of this year, the crackdown on freedom of expression comes harsher...
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Morocco: To legalise, or not to legalise cannabis
Morocco legalised cannabis, but cannabis remains illegal in Morocco. Despite the country’s regional traditions of smoking hash, the recreational use...
Morocco’s drought devastates politically isolated olive farmers
While Morocco’s citrus farms – which are typically owned by the wealthy elite – thrive during the relentless national drought,...
Mauritania: Ghazouani tipped to win 2nd presidential term
Despite criticism from opposition parties, Mauritania’s current president is expected to win a second term in the country’s ongoing elections...
Gaza: risk of disease as huge mounds of rotting trash pile up
Under the beating sun, mountains of trash are piling up near displacement camps in central Gaza. As the trash rots...
Sudan: IPC warns of famine risk in 14 areas
With no end in sight for Sudan’s civil war, the world’s leading hunger monitor has warned that an unprecedented number...
Iran: Two candidates drop out of presidential election
Following former Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash last month, two hardline candidates dropped out of Iran’s...
Tunisian soldier killed in Libya border attack
The killing of a Tunisian soldier on the country’s border with Libya may derail plans to reopen the Ras Ajdir...
Israel’s defence minister talks tactics in US
As hostility and conflict spread like wildfire across the Middle East with Lebanese militant groups taking shots and feeling the...
Alnour: Accessibility in Morocco powered by design
Almost 2 million people in Morocco are disabled. Struggling to make ends meet paired with the lack of help from...
Libya repatriates 174 irregular migrants to Nigeria
Libyan authorities have continued repatriations of sub-Saharan irregular migrants, as the North African country struggles to contain its illicit people...
Assange freed under terms of US plea deal
On the 24th June, Julian Assange left the UK high security facility Belmarsh prison to aboard a flight to Saipan...
Morocco: Mawazine music festival continues to stir anger
Morocco’s infamous ‘Mawazine’ music festival, which draws in celebrities from the West as well as the Arab world once again...
Morocco sends new medical aid shipment to Gaza
In Morocco’s latest show of solidarity with the Palestinian people, the kingdom has sent its second aid shipment of 2023...
Sudan: RSF seizes El Fula after bloody battle
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militant group has claimed yet another strategic victory in capturing the city of El Fula....
