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Algeria: Medical student slaughtered on campus for being “gay”

An Algerian student at the Ziania medical school was killed last week in the campus residence because he was allegedly “gay”. The assailants smeared the wall with his blood, writing: “He is gay”, reports say. Assil Belalta was found dead Sunday in his residence, in Ben Aknoun, a district outside the Algerian capital, Algiers. The […]

France: Wanted ex-GIA Islamist Nabbed in Switzerland

Swiss justice authorities Thursday pinned down Merouane Benahmed, former member of the Algerian Armed Islamic Group, on the run from French authorities that had put him under house arrest. The 43-years old man was arrested at Vallorbe, in the canton of Vaud as he showed up at a Swiss registration center to apply for political […]

Burundi shuts down Rwanda border, suspends diplomatic ties amid rising tensions

Relations between Burundi and Rwanda have taken another downturn after the former announced on Thursday (18 January) that it had suspended diplomatic ties with its neighbor and unilaterally closed its border. The move came last week, after the Burundi government accused Rwanda of supporting a Burundian rebel group known as RED-Tabara that is based in […]