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Algerian regime mulls postponing elections as protests intensify

The Algerian regime is considering postponing Presidential elections until they agree to a successor to infirm Bouteflika as protests against a fifth term for the current President intensify across the country. The protesters have taken the Algerian regime by surprise staging protests unseen in the country since the 1990s when a military coup aborted a […]

Mauritania Tightens Anti-slavery law

Mauritanian Parliament has passed a new anti-slavery law which criminalizes “10 forms of slavery”, including forced marriage and other controversial social practices such as handing a woman over to another man without her consent after the death of her husband. Mauritania abolished slavery in 1981, but human rights activists say the practice is still alive. […]

Germany, EU launch water management initiative in Libya

The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has unveiled the Libya–EU Water Resources Management Facility, a joint initiative funded by the European Union and Germany to promote sustainable water management in the North African country. The project, developed in partnership with Libya’s Ministry of Water Resources, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), and supported […]