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UNHRC: Civil society activists denounce enlistment of children by Polisario, slam Algeria for abuses committed in Tindouf camps

Several civil society activists and NGOs have denounced during the ongoing 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva the enlistment of children as soldiers by the Polisario front and slammed Algeria for the abuses committed in the Tindouf camps on Algerian territory. This came during the general debate of Point 03 relating […]

G5-sahel initiative garners increasing support

The newly-established G5-joint force, set up by Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger to combat terrorism and transnational organized crime and to promote stability and development in the region is gaining increasing support, given the challenges facing the restive region. While the European Union has already committed $56 million to the Sahel force, on […]

Pope to visit Algeria, a country notorious for persecuting christians

Algeria is preparing to welcome Pope Léon XIV in April, promoting the trip as a celebration of its early Christian heritage and connection to Saint Augustine. But international rights groups warn the visit comes amid one of the harshest crackdowns on Christians in North Africa. Nearly all Protestant churches have been closed by administrative order, […]