Libya: Amnesty calls for end to impunity for Haftar’s forces

Amnesty International has condemned the ongoing impunity for deaths in custody and severe human rights abuses committed by armed groups under Khalifa Haftar’s command. In a report released on September 11, the organization highlighted how this impunity has enabled Haftar’s Internal Security Agency to escalate its repression of critics and political opponents, targeting politicians, activists, […]

Algeria’s war veterans urge protesters to continue pressure

A prominent guerrilla fighter and icon in modern Algeria, Jamila Bouhired, urged the Algerian youth to never give up to empty promises by the regime and stay alert to “attempts at stealing their revolution.” “Following weeks of a peaceful struggle, unseen in history and across the globe, your revolution is now in the crossroads. Without […]

Burkina Faso junta leader warns AES armies ready to fight and ‘teach’ ECOWAS ‘lesson’

“They taught us a lesson, but they will also learn,” Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has warned the regional bloc ECOWAS of a possible armed conflict amid escalating tensions, stressing that the united armies of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) are prepared to take on the ECOWAS forces that had been touted […]