Moroccan mothers call for the release of their sons
Young Moroccan men are allegedly disappearing abroad, and their families are demanding answers and action. The Moroccan government-friendly outlet Hespress...
Human rights
UK aid spending cuts deal another blow to African nations
A UK Foreign Office report and impact assessment reveals that Africa will be the most impacted by the UK foreign...
Tunisian President pressures US over Gaza crisis
Tunisian President Kais Saied confronted senior US Africa adviser Massad Boulos with harrowing images of starving children in Gaza during...
Tunisian protestors mobilise against US support for Gaza war
Tunisia’s Joint Coordination for Palestine has called on citizens to encircle the US Embassy in Tunis, denouncing what it describes...
Jordan: Politician arrested over anti-government Facebook post
Jordan's security forces arrested an Islamic Action Front (IAF) party member on July 20th, who allegedly made a Facebook post...
Sudanese businessman tortured by RSF calls out British inaction
International silence over Sudan’s devastating civil war has been spotlighted by a Sudanese-Dutch businessman, who draws on his own experience...
UN calls on Libya to investigate MP’s kidnapping six years on
On July 17th, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) marked exactly six years since the disappearance of a...
Thousands protest Israel-Morocco ties amid Gaza hunger crisis
The growing strain between Morocco’s pro-Palestinian public and its normalization with Israel could force a reckoning in the country’s foreign...
Jordanian MP detained over anti-government social media posts
Jordanian MP Yanal Freihat has been arrested over a social media post criticising the government’s views on the Muslim Brotherhood,...
UN: 12,338 migrants were stopped at sea leaving Libya in 2025
The UN’s International Organization for Migration, or IOM, reported that by July 12th, 2025, a total of 12,338 migrants were...
Tunisian court jails journalist as rights groups protest crackdown
A Tunisian appeal court has upheld a six-month prison sentence against journalist and pro-Palestine activist Ghassan Ben Khelifa for “offending...
Burkina Faso releases two journalists and human rights activist
On July 17th, Burkina Faso released two journalists and a human rights activist, as reported by Radio France Internationale. Journalists...
LGBTQ+ arrests surge in Tunisia as rights groups protest
Human rights groups have condemned Tunisia’s mass arrests of LGBTQ+ people, highlighting degrading treatment at the hands of police, as...
Morocco: Worries arise concerning legislative corruption
Amid the controversial modifications to Morocco's Criminal Procedure code, some of the country's key human rights figures have expressed their...
UN voices concern over surge in violence and suffering in Sudan
The United Nations conveyed considerable concern over the surge in violence in Sudan, most notably in the states of North...
