Mauritanian authorities arrested last Sunday scores of anti-slavery activists on the backdrop of riots and clashes last week with security forces in Nouakchott. The riots started when security forces stormed slump dwellings occupied for decades by the Haratin ethnic group, many of them former slaves. The authorities accused the members of the Initiative for the […]
Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed toward renewed warfare, regional officials warn, threatening another humanitarian disaster in the Horn of Africa. Such a conflict would involve two of the continent’s largest military forces and potentially draw in additional regional powers. The alarming developments would effectively destroy the historic peace agreement that marked a significant diplomatic […]
The Polisario-run Tindouf camps have been rocked by violent protests by disenchanted youth who torched trucks and attacked a so-called Police station in a camp called Aousserd in south-western Algeria. The incident came as the camps were hit by floods adding to the suffering of thousands of Sahraouis forsaken by Algeria under the mercy of […]
