Stephanie-Williams

Tunisia: Police arrest 11 people amid protests against poverty

Tunisian interior ministry Tuesday announced the arrest of 11 people who attacked security establishments in central Sidi Bouzid region, marked by several days of violent protests against economic hardship. Inhabitants of the town of Jelma launched protests Saturday, a day after Abdelwaheb Hablani, 25, set himself on fire in protest against poverty and hard economic […]

ECOWAS to withdraw its troops from Guinea-Bissau

ECOWAS will gradually withdraw its intervention force in Guinea-Bissau. A first group has already left Bissau on August 27. It consists of 130 men mainly from the Togolese Special Forces who arrived in Guinea-Bissau in November 2019 to reinforce the sub-regional contingent stationed in Bissau since 2012. The other ECOWAS troops, notably Nigerians, Senegalese and […]

Unemployed youth clash with security forces in southeastern Algeria

The province of El Oued in southeastern Algeria was rocked by violent clashes between disenchanted youth demanding jobs and better living conditions and Algerian security forces. The clashes take place in a climate of uncertainty in Algeria where the government failed to use the oil mantra to develop the long-neglected south. The protesters in the […]