Moroccan authorities crackdown on AFCON ticket scams
Police have arrested 118 people on charges of ticket fraud and illegal resale since the start of AFCON 2025, Moroccan...
Crime
Somalia: Protests after orphan killed in abuse case
The murder of a 14-year-old orphan in Somalia has intensified scrutiny of child abuse and the country’s child protection framework,...
Israeli death penalty bill targets involvement in October 7th
Palestinians imprisoned for alleged involvement in the October 7th, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel could be eligible for the death...
Palestinians involved in October 7th could be executed
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's far-right National Security Minister, has proposed that Palestinians imprisoned for alleged involvement in the October 7th, 2023,...
Libya: notorious migrant smuggler killed by security forces
Libyan authorities reported that Ahmed Oumar al-Fitouri al-Dabbashi, a militia leader long associated with large-scale migrant trafficking across the Mediterranean,...
Protest victims launch complaint against Iranian government
A group of victims of the Iranian government's 2022 crackdown against anti-government protests in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death...
Waste burning designated a security threat by Israel
Israeli authorities have designated waste burning as a threat to national security when conducted by Palestinians in the Occupied West...
South African DJ Warras shot and killed in broad daylight
A well known and popular South African DJ, Warrick Stock, who also goes by the name DJ Warras, was shot...
DR Congo: Ex-rebel leader sentenced to 30 years for war crimes
A French court sentenced former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala to 30 years in prison on December 15th for crimes...
Nigeria: Worshippers kidnapped during church service
BBC News reported that on December 14th at least 13 people were kidnapped from a church in Nigeria's central Kogi...
Russian fighters sexually abuse 14-year-old girl in Mali
A 14-year-old girl arrived at a refugee clinic with an untreated infection from an alleged sexual assault by Russian fighters...
Nigeria: kidnapped child reveals captors threatened to shoot him
A child released from a school abduction in Papiri, Nigeria has revealed his captors threatened to shoot him and others...
Nigerian student speaks out about school abduction
Onyeka Chieme, an elementary school student from St. Mary’s catholic school in the Nigerian community of Papiri, spoke of his...
Coup attempt in Benin: France provided support to authorities
Benin received logistical and surveillance support from France during a failed coup attempt against President Patrice Talon, according to a...
100 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after being kidnapped
It was reported on December 9 that the 100 children who were kidnapped in Nigeria have been brought to safety...
