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Tunisia launches probe into death of two people in train derailment

Tunisia’s State-run company managing railways, SNCFT, launched Wednesday an investigation into the death of two people after a train went off track near M’saken train station, north-East of the country. A passenger train bound for the coastal city of Gabes derailed early Wednesday near M’saken station in the governorate of Sousse. The accident killed two […]

Ex-Ivorian Leader Gbagbo Requests Unconditional Release

Côte d’Ivoire’s former president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday asked the International Criminal Court a release without conditions while awaiting the prosecution’s appeal against his acquittal.   Gbagbo, the first former head of state ever to stand trial at the ICC, and his aide Charles Ble Goude were cleared on 15 January 2019 over involvement in […]

Niger condemns Algeria’s violent treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants

Niger government summoned Algeria’s ambassador to protest against the violent treatment suffered by Nigerien migrants who have been suffering rights breaches in southern Algeria. The showdown is the latest in a series of events that drew the two countries apart, starting from the refusal of Niger’s new leadership of an Algerian mediation in the country. […]