African games

Arab Journalists’ General Union renews support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, opposition to all forms of division & separatism in Arab World

The General Union of Arab Journalists has renewed its “full support for Morocco’s territorial integrity in the face of foreign-backed separatist scheming” and voiced opposition of all forms of division and separatism in the Arab world. This came in a statement issued following the meeting of its General Secretariat, held in Baghdad June 29-30. The […]

African, int’l news outlets call on Burkinabe and Malian junta to respect press freedom

A group of 30 African and international news organizations and rights groups have joined in an appeal for press freedom in Mali and Burkina Faso, calling on the authorities of these two countries and the international community to put an end to the pressure and threats against national and foreign journalists. The signatories of the […]

Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels offer conditional truce, agree to AU-led peace process

Tigrayan rebels from Ethiopia’s northern region called for an “immediate” cease-fire Sunday (11 September) and said they would accept a peace process with the federal government led by the African Union (AU) after three weeks of renewed fighting ended a fragile truce. In a statement to mark the beginning of the Ethiopian new year, the […]