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Reports show murdered Swiss tourist in Algeria has throat slit in front of her children

New reports showed that the Swiss tourist who was murdered earlier this month had her throat slit before her children in front of a café in southern Algeria. The murderer shouted “long live Palestine” as he killed the Swiss tourist in the desert city of Djanett, where Algeria aspired to promote tourism without offering the […]

Hundreds of Sub-Saharan Migrants Storm into Melilla

Nearly one hundred Sub-Saharan illegal migrants rampaged on Monday in the streets of the Spanish-occupied city of Melilla in northern Morocco celebrating their entry into the EU territory after a perilous journey, local media said. The group was among three hundred Sub-Saharan migrants who staged a mass attempt to breach the six-meter-high border fence. Moroccan […]

Burkina Faso grounds Gates-backed mosquito project amid sovereignty, ethics row

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has suspended the controversial Target Malaria initiative, a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation–funded project aimed at combating malaria through the release of genetically modified mosquitoes. Announced Friday (22 August) by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the decision halts all activities and orders the destruction of remaining mosquito samples. Project […]