Omar Hilale

UN Human Rights Council urged to look at immolation of two Sahraouis by Algerian Army

The immolation of two Sahraoui men by the Algerian army near the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf where Algeria has forsaken thousands of Sahraouis in inhuman living conditions was denounced again before the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The two men were immolated alive with gasoline by the Algerian army after it caught […]

Libya calls for UNSMIL support on migrants’ voluntary return program

On Wednesday, 5th March 2025, Libyan Interior Minister Emad al-Tarabelsi called on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to help the country and facilitate the voluntary departure of migrants from Libya to their home countries. This came during a meeting the Libyan official held Wednesday with Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, the UN Secretary-General’s Special […]

Aborted coup in Bissau: “The situation is under control”

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo escaped a coup attempt on Tuesday, the latest in a series of coups across West Africa. Mr. Embalo, a former general who arrived in 2020 at the head of this country with a political history marked by such events, appeared Tuesday evening before the press unharmed and serene, after having […]