French-Algerian drug lord arrested in Algeria
A key co-founder of France’s notorious DZ Mafia drug trafficking network has been arrested in Algeria. According to a 5th...
Crime
Morocco: Ten arrested over thwarted terror plots
Moroccan authorities arrested 10 suspects on July 6th after the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), acting on intelligence from...
Kenya mourns 16 schoolgirls as arson investigation deepens
Hundreds of mourners gathered in the central Kenyan town of Gilgil on June 12th to honor 16 schoolgirls who died...
Outrage grows as Nigerians protest continuous school abductions
Civil society groups and activists gathered in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on June 4th to demand the immediate rescue of pupils...
Four killed in school shooting in southeastern Turkey
A student opened fire at a middle school in southeastern Turkey, killing four people and injuring at least 20 others,...
Uganda kindergarten killings renew focus on ritual child sacrifice
A Ugandan man admitted killing several children in what he described as a human sacrifice in a bid to gain...
South Africa rolls out security plan to fight organised crime
South Africa has launched a large-scale security operation aimed at tackling gang violence and organised crime, according to Africanews via...
Libyan court sentences human trafficker to 30 years
A Libyan court has sentenced a convicted human trafficker to 30 years in prison, reports the Libya Gazette. The ruling...
Human trafficker gets 30-year sentence from Libyan court
Libyan authorities are signalling a tougher stance on human trafficking after a Tripoli court handed down a 30-year prison sentence,...
Algeria: murder of teenage girl by her father causes outrage
Feminist associations and academics in Algeria have released a joint statement calling for justice following the murder of the teenage...
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...
Mass shooting in South African bar leaves 12 dead
A mass shooting that occurred on December 6 in South Africa at an unlicensed bar near the capital has left...
Morocco: Child marriage requests have dropped, Minister reports
Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi announced in Parliament on December 1 that child marriage requests had reduced by at least...
Bangladesh former prime minister sentenced to death
Sheikh Hasina, former prime minister of Bangladesh, faces a death sentence from a court ruling that found her guilty of...
Gunmen abduct 25 schoolgirls in north-western Nigeria
On November 17, gunmen attacked a high school in north-western Nigeria, abducting 25 school girls and killing one staff member....
