Pro-government television presenters and state newspapers in Egypt are at the forefront of a “campaign against journalism,” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) charged Thursday. The media watchdog,…
Author: Babatunde Oguntimehin
Twenty Migrants were found dead in the Libyan desert following a vehicle breakdown near the border with Chad and were presumed to have died of thirst,…
As Algeria prepares to celebrate 60 years of independence on 5 July, Amnesty International has urged the Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release at least…
Senegal’s main opposition coalition called off planned protests on Wednesday to avoid disrupting end-of-school exams and preparations for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday early next month,…
Mali vowed on Wednesday to defy a United Nations Security Council call for the West African country to allow freedom of movement for peacekeepers to investigate…
Internet services were cut in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday ahead of pro-democracy protests, the first time for months that web access had been blocked in…
Chairman of Sudan’s ruling Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan said on Wednesday that the Sudanese Armed Forces are expecting an elected government to take over…
After being postponed at the last minute last year due to the covid-19 pandemic, the National Road Cycling Championship is finally back to the streets this…
The United Nations Security Council has to maintain the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, while condemning the country’s military rulers for using mercenaries that have committed…
Authorities in Morocco have begun prosecuting 65 migrants who joined Friday’s mass attempt to cross into a Spanish enclave by storming a border post, leading to…