Algerian women’s rights push revives secular-Islamist division
Algeria has formally dropped its state reservations concerning areas of the UN women's rights convention, prompting division over the purpose...
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Iran: women’s rights activist sentenced to three years in jail
The Iranian women’s rights activist Hasti Amiri was sentenced to three years in prison by a Tehran court, as reported...
Watchdog finds uranium traces in Syria linked to bombed site
Traces of uranium have been discovered in Syria by the UN nuclear watchdog in its investigation of a building attacked...
Syrians are cautiously optimistic about their country’s future
A national Syrian survey has found that while Syrians feel optimistic about their country's new leadership, economic challenges and corruption...
Syria makes first crude oil export after 14-year pause
A total of 600,000 barrels of crude oil was exported from Syria on September 1st, marking the first known formal...
Africa initiates cholera response plan amid Sudan outbreak
Sudan’s severe cholera outbreak has prompted Africa to launch a new continental emergency preparedness and response plan, as reported by...
Spain detains Libya bound ship carrying military equipment
Spanish authorities detained a cargo vessel on August 27th on suspicion of transporting military equipment to Libya, which has been...
Australian PM defends immigration amid far-right protests
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended Australia’s immigration policies after nationwide anti-immigration rallies over the weekend. According to Algerian-friendly AL24...
Migrants abused in Mauritania amid EU-backed border controls
A Human Rights Watch report released on August 27 details widespread abuses against West and Central African migrants in Mauritania...
Yemen: Houthi prime minister killed in Israeli air strike
The Houthis announced on August 30th that their prime minister, Ahmed al-Rahawi, was killed together with several other officials in...
Widespread repression across Libya fuels UN concerns
Both rival governments in Libya have embarked on a policy of repression amid militia violence and political discontent as reported...
Tunisian rights groups reel from latest blow to freedom
Tunisian rights groups and journalists have denounced the dissolution of the National Authority for Access to Information by the Tunisian...
UN peacekeepers to leave Lebanon in 2027
The UN peacekeeping mission will leave Lebanon in 2027, following a UN Security Council vote on August 28th, which has...
Libya: deadly fighting breaks out between two armed groups
On August 28th the Libyan city of Al-Zawiya, just west of Tripoli, was the site of a heavy clash between...
UN rights chief under pressure to call Gaza conflict genocide
Hundreds of staff at the United Nations have asked the organisation's human rights chief, Volker Turk, to describe the Gaza...
