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Madagascar: At least 12 dead in tropical cyclone Alvaro

At least 12 people have been killed by Tropical Cyclone Alvaro which hit Madagascar at the beginning of this month, the country’s disaster management agency said. The National Office for Risk and Disaster Management said Tuesday that the victims include a mother and her three children who were buried under the rubble after a landslide. […]

Burkina Faso: Dozens of soldiers killed in jihadi attack as French forces are on way out

Last week’s jihadi attack on a Burkina Faso army unit, which has reportedly claimed lives of at least 51 soldiers, came while some 400 French special forces soldiers were leaving the country. The death toll from the attack in the country’s north has risen to 51, Burkinabe military officials said Monday, Feb. 20, after 43 […]

Geneva-based NGO denounces Algeria’s reprisals against relatives of political dissidents

A Geneva-based non-governmental organization has denounced before the United Nations the acts of reprisals carried out by Algeria against the relatives of political dissidents settled abroad. In this connection, the Alkarama Foundation submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention the case of the arrest of Abderrahmane Zitout. The “crime” of Abderrahmane Zitout is […]