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Mali: UN peacekeeping mission officially ends its decade-long deployment

The United Nations mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, officially ended a 10-year deployment in the West African country on Monday (11 December), its spokesperson said, in a pull out ordered by Mali’s military leaders. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was established in April 2013 to support political processes in […]

Algerian Activist Gets One Year Sentence for Criticizing Government on Facebook

Amazigh activist Salim Yezza received a one year suspended sentence after he criticized on Facebook the Algerian government’s treatment of minorities. Yezza criticized the authorities’ discriminatory policy against the Mozabites, an Amazigh or Berber – ethnic minority in the Ghardaia region. The France-based activist was arrested on July 14 at the Biskra airport as he […]

Sudan: TMC, protesters agree to formation of joint “sovereign council”

The Alliance for Freedom and Change (AFC), the group in the ongoing Sudan political talks in the uprising indicated Monday that the Transitional Military Council (TMC), running the country following Omar Beshir’s overthrow, has agreed to form with civilians a sovereign council to replace the junta. The Arab country has been embroiled in a political […]