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Algerian journalist Drareni sentenced to two years on appeal, UN experts demand his release

Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni was handed Tuesday a two year- prison sentence on appeal as crackdown on dissent intensifies after months of anti-government demonstrations in Algeria. Drareni, 40, is the director of the Casbah Tribune, the correspondent of the French TV5 Monde channel and Reporters without Borders in Algeria. Drareni, who has been held in […]

Joint Zambia-Zimbabwe $5bn dam project near Victoria Falls approved by UN agency

A UN agency has given Zambia and Zimbabwe permission to build a $5 billion hydropower dam downstream from Victoria Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to the authority overseeing its construction. Environmentalists have protested the 2,400-megawatt Batoka Gorge project, which is located 47 kilometers from the world’s largest waterfall, saying it would have a […]

Morocco’s King represented at Guinean President’s Inauguration

King Mohammed VI was represented at the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected President of Guinea, General Mamadi Doumbouya, held this Saturday in Conakry, by Lower House Speaker Rachid Talbi El Alami. At the ceremony, held at Lansana-Conté Stadium, General Mamadi Doumbouya took the oath of office as President of Guinea for a new seven-year […]