Protesters staged sit-ins in different Algerian towns to mourn the rape and abhorrent murder of a 19 year-old girl in the country where the feminist movement is struggling against a patriarchal society to assert their rights. The charred body of Chaïma was found in a deserted petrol station in Thenia, 80 km (50 miles) […]
Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed Lieutenant General Anselem Sanyatwe, the country’s army chief, in a significant political move that has intensified a brewing power struggle within the ruling Zanu-PF party. Sanyatwe, a close ally of vice president Constantino Chiwenga, was reassigned to the role of sports minister, replacing Kirsty Coventry following her election as […]
On 11 June 2026, authorities in Mauritania intercepted and rescued 77 undocumented migrants off the coast of Nouadhibou after a vessel departing from Guinea was detected in national waters. According to the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, the Mauritanian coast guard took control of a traditional fishing boat carrying the migrants at 10:54 GMT. […]
