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More than 13,000 African Migrants Repatriated from Libya Since December, AU says

Nearly two months after reports emerged showing African migrants sold out as slaves in Libya, the African Union launched a repatriation operation that saw 13,000 migrants return to their homelands since last December. Speaking to the press, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahamat Faki, noted that the number is still below the goal set […]

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 […]

Repression intensifies in Tunisia as economic outlook worsens

Tunisia, under President Kais Saied, has backpedaled from democracy to autocracy in its abhorrent forms as the regime increasingly reconnects with its repressive past sending critics, opposition figures, and journalists to jail while surfing on a populist tide. After concentrating all powers in his firm grip, Saied is paving the way for his second term […]