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Tunisian neurologist makes history as first Arab and African Vice-President of World Federation of Neurology

Professor Riadh Gouider, a distinguished Tunisian neurologist, has been elected First Vice-President of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) at the World Congress of Neurology held in Seoul October 12 to 15. His victory, achieved against an Australian contender, marks a groundbreaking moment for both Africa and the Arab world, as he becomes the first […]

Ethiopia declares state of emergency in Amhara, accuses militia of seeking to overthrow govt

Militiamen in the Amhara region have been accused by a senior Ethiopian official of seeking to overthrow the regional and federal governments, as authorities declared a state of emergency following days of fighting. While the Ethiopian army and the Amhara militia were allies in the two-year civil war against the northern Tigray region, but now […]

Another Algerian journalist faces 3 years in prison

An Algerian court Monday charged a journalist with “undermining national unity” and requested a three years in jail sentence. The prosecution at a court in Constantine has accused Abdelkrim Zeghileche, director of Radio-Sarbacane, a web-radio in the Northeast Algerian city, of “subverting the personality of the President of the Republic”, and “the national unity”. Zeghileche […]