South Africa: at least 87 miners dead after court-ordered rescue
After a lengthy stand-off between police and illegal miners trapped in one of the deepest abandoned gold mines in South...
Crime
France: Cocaine usage doubles due to work pressures
Cocaine usage in France has doubled as the workplace pressures drive demand, according to the French Observatory of Drugs and...
Libya: violent clashes between rival militias in the west
Violent armed clashes between rival militias in western Libya, 80 kilometres outside of Tripoli, have now calmed. Tunisie Numérique reported...
Nigerian military kill at least 16 civilians in air strike mistake
Approximately 16 civilians in Zamfara State, Nigeria have been killed in a military air strike. According to BBC News on...
Former French President Sarkozy slams “plot” at court trial
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has slammed the charges leveled against him as a "plot" by "liars and crooks" at...
UK Special Forces accused of ‘excessive force’ in Libya operation
Up to five members of the UK Special Forces are being investigated for use of ‘excessive force’ in a covert...
Sarkozy stands trial over Gadhafi campaign financing
Former French President Sarkozy is standing trial for alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by Moammar Gadhafi, former...
France: Former President Sarkozy to stand trial in Libyan case
France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy will stand trial on January 6th over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 election...
France: Two Algerian influencers arrested on terrorist charges
Two Algerian social media influencers were arrested by French authorities on January 3rd after both allegedly made terrorist threats online,...
War Crimes: Sudan militias rife with sexual violence says HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Sudanese militias fighting the government of war crimes, according to ArabNews and Agencies, on...
Morocco to vote on abolishing the death penalty for first time
Morocco will vote for the first time on abolishing the death penalty in a pivotal moment for human rights in...
NGO says group threatened migrants in Mediterranean rescue
Doctors Without Borders says 112 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean were threatened by armed men, according to Africa News...
Morocco: Five suspects arrested for international gold smuggling
Five suspects were arrested on November 27th by Moroccan law enforcement for alleged involvement in an international gold smuggling network,...
Interpol arrests 1,006 in Africa for cybercrime in two months
1,006 people have been arrested in Africa by Interpol during a two-months cybercrime crackdown, the organisation announced on November 26th...
ICC says it has found evidence of war crimes in Libya
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan urged Libya and other countries on November 19th to help arrest six men accused...
