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Morocco’s Mohamed Aujjar reappointed at head of Libya fact-finding mission

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, renewed, on Wednesday, the appointment of Moroccan Mohamed Aujjar as chairman of the independent fact-finding mission on Libya.   This decision follows the adoption last October by the Human Rights Council of the resolution extending the mandate of the mission on Libya for nine months […]

HRW Denounces Algeria’s Detention of Pro-Autonomy Activists

Human Rights Watch has called on Algerian authorities “to release or try in a fair and open trial a pro-Amazigh activist, Kameleddine Fekhar, and his 24 co-defendants”. Fekhar has since 2013 called for autonomy of the Mzab, a northern Sahara region, and has condemned the Algerian government for “complicity in crimes against humanity by Sunni […]

Algeria risks bleak economic prospects in 2026 as Oil prices slump

Algeria’s state-led economic model faces growing vulnerabilities as global oil prices weaken and fiscal imbalances deepen, while diversification stalls. Latest IMF and World Bank assessments reveal a troubling mix of widening deficits, persistent unemployment, and distorted macro indicators that mask underlying fragility. The IMF projects average oil prices at $65.8 per barrel in 2026, down […]