Mali troops and Russian allies fight rebels near Algerian border
The New Arab reports that Mali troops, with the help of Russian mercenaries, battled against separatist rebels near the border...
Conflict
Libya discovers mass grave with unidentified bodies
Hopes for a breakthrough to Libya's political stalemate saw a set back with the recent discovery of a number of...
UN investigates mass graves at Tunisia-Libya border
The U.N human rights chief has called for an investigation in the desert along the Libya-Tunisia border following reports of...
Mauritania: three dead in jail for post-election protests
Three protesters have been found dead whilst under detention in Mauritania on July 3rd, reported Middle East Online and agencies....
Turkey closes Syria border following violent clashes
Against the backdrop of violence between the two countries, Turkey has closed its main border crossing into northwest Syria on...
UN: Sudanese refugees fleeing to Libya and Uganda in need of aid
According to the New Arab, the UN refugee agency announced on July 2nd that it is expanding its Sudan aid...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Lebanon: Hezbollah chief threatens “no where safe” for Israel
Amid spiraling tensions between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, chief Hassan Nasrallah criticised Israel in parallel with the Gaza war and...
Gaza: 17 killed as Rafah invasion deepens
The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas that rages through Gaza continues to claim innocent lives as at least 17...
Internally displaced in Sudan conflict nears 10 million
The ongoing Sudan conflict stands as the world’s greatest humanitarian tragedy with internal displacement, food insecurity, and ethnic violence rising....
