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Burkina Faso: Three army officers arrested for exfiltrating Damiba to Togo

Burkina Faso authorities have arrested three captains who had helped former leader lieutenant-colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba to flee to Togo in September, when he was deposed by incumbent captain Ibrahim Traoré. Sidsoré Abdoul Kader Ouedraogo, Hassan Salem Diallo and Didas Charles Ouédraogo reportedly exfiltrated Damiba out of the country to Togo in an aircraft belonging […]

Algeria holds pro-Polisario sit-in, bans solidarity with Palestinians

Algeria has allowed a sit-in in support of its Polisario militia proxies, meanwhile it has not authorized marches in solidarity with Palestine, which it claims to support domestically and internationally. Aware that the Polisario’s separatist thesis does not attract Algerian masses, Algerian authorities allowed a sit-in to condemn the French decision to back Morocco’s sovereignty […]

Mauritania: Dakar bans for second time Biram Dah Abeid-led conference on human rights abuses, racism

Mauritanian activist Biram Dah Abeid Wednesday was forced to abort conference on human rights abuses and racism in his country after receiving instructions from Senegalese authorities. The leader of the anti-slavery movement (IRA) Wednesday called off Thursday-planed conference on the situation of human rights and racism in the North African country where he has been […]