Amnesty International wants the UN to extend its mission in Sudan’s Darfur region for six months citing the inability of the government to protect civilians. Hundreds…
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Libya-born Hashem Abedi, the brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a concert in the UK in 2017, has admitted his role in…
Several health sector workers in Tunisia were over the weekend fired over the accidental death of a young doctor, Badreddine Aloui. The action comes two days…
Striking magistrates in Tunisia have extended the industrial action by five days, local media reported on Sunday. The Association of Tunisian Magistrates (AMT) called for the…
Algeria’s health agency has said the north African country will begin the distribution of a vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19) in “a month’s time”. Prof Kamel Sanhadji,…
In the latest figures released by CAPMAS, the country’s poverty rate declined to 29.7%, compared to 32.5% in the study of income and spending for FY 2017/18.
The World Health Organisation in a new report says no fewer than one in 7 Libyans needs mental and psychological health care. Citing the ongoing political…
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has launched an appeal for $147 million to support as many as 100,000 people fleeing Ethiopia’s Tigray region…
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Saturday announced the seizure of large amounts of weapons, ammunition and war equipment in the Kassala State on the eastern…
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that seven illegal immigrants drowned off the Libyan coast over the past week. “In the period of…