Gaza convoy: Thousands rally across Maghreb for aid mission
On June 8th, a convoy joined by thousands of volunteers departed from Algeria, heading towards Tunisia and then Gaza in...
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Refugee crisis in Burundi worsens as DRC conflict escalates
As Burundians prepare to vote on June 5th, the country is grappling with mounting social pressures from a growing refugee...
Morocco urged to reform migration law
Legal experts and human rights officials are calling for urgent reforms to Morocco's Law No. 02.03 on migration. Speaking at...
Mediterranean migrant boat disaster: Greek coastguards charged
A naval court in Greece has charged 17 coastguards over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for...
Ugandan activist arrested in Tanzania found in abused state
Ugandan activist and journalist, Agather Atuhaire, who was arrested in Tanzania for attending a treason trial for an opposition leader,...
Sudan’s army discovers mass graves in reclaimed Khartoum State
Over 450 people are believed to have been tortured, starved to death, and then buried in mass graves in Sudan’s...
Tunisia’s democracy faces breaking point
The future of Tunisian democracy hangs in the balance after former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh was sentenced to 34 years...
Burkina Faso accused of mass killing by Human Rights Watch
The Burkina Faso government and military have been accused by Human Rights Watch of the mass killing of at least...
Hundreds protest in Mali against junta’s attempt to extend power
Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Palais de Culture in Mali’s capital, Bamako, on May 3rd and 4th in the...
Syrian government snubs Kurdish bids for decentralisation
The Syrian government has outright dismissed Kurdish bids for self-administration, reports the Arab Weekly plus agencies. On April 27th, in...
Tunisia rejects foreign criticism of opposition trial
President of Tunisia Kais Saied has come out in frustration at comments made by foreign parties concerning the current mass...
Pakistan: Mass deportation continues with 20,000 Afghans in April
Pakistan has continued its mass deportation plan with nearly 20,000 Afghans in April 2025, among more than 80,000 who have...
Libya: First female coach calls for return of women’s football
Libya’s first female coach has called for women’s football to return to the war-torn country after the second significant wave...
US protest crackdown signals a wider threat to Western activism
In a time of protest crackdown by governments, the Trump administration is cranking up its suppression of protests with its...
Mercy Mutemi: Meta makes its threatening mark in Africa
In 2025, the world’s largest social media company, Meta, has taken a defiant new tone on the question of whether...
