Algeria-protests

Curfew declared in Chadian towns after least 60 people killed in protests

A nighttime curfew has been declared in four Chadian cities after the military violently repressed banned protests took place on Thursday (20 October), killing at least 60 people, injuring nearly 300. Security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the country’s two largest cities after hundreds across Chad took to the streets to demand a quicker […]

Algeria’s Support for Polisario Separatists is Backfiring

The rising tension between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario is threatening peace and stability in a region already struggling to curb the surge of terrorist groups. Algeria, keen to have an outlet into the Atlantic Ocean, has hosted and armed the Polisario separatists in the early 1970s and pushed them to declare “an independent republic”. […]

Malawi to observe 21-day mourning, hold state funeral for late vice president Chilima

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has announced 21 days of national mourning after the wreckage of the small military plane carrying the late Vice President Saulous Chilima, a former first lady and seven other passengers was discovered by authorities on Tuesday (11 June). Chilima and eight others were killed on impact after the twin propeller aircraft […]