Algeria was denounced again as the model of a state that evades its international duties and obligations, continues the confiscation of its citizens’ rights, smothers freedoms, ignores special procedures correspondences, and obstructs international agencies’ visits. These damning remarks were made at a symposium held this Wednesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, […]
An Al Jazeera cameraman who has been in detention in Egypt has been acquitted along with 61 other defendants. The men, most of whom have reportedly ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, were accused of organizing demonstrations followed by clashes in Cairo as well as of an attempted murder. Morsi’s supporters were protesting against his […]
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has potential to increase cross-border remittances by migrants, according to a new report by World Bank, even as international markets remain the largest sources. The AfCFTA has the potential to make cross-border transactions such as remittance transfers by migrants within Africa cheaper through the Pan-African Payment and Settlement […]
