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Algerian army kills Mauritanian gold miner

The Algerian army Sunday killed a Mauritanian gold miner and wounded another one after six vehicles crossed into Algerian territory to prospect for gold. A joint statement by the Mauritanian interior and foreign ministries relayed by state-run news agency indicated that the Algerian army opened fired on Sunday morning on “a convoy of surface gold […]

Algeria cracks down on opposition figures in exile after quelling dissent at home

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) joined a long list of rights watchdogs that alert to the growing repression of the Algerian regime against peaceful dissidents abroad after a brutal crackdown on criticism at home. In a report dubbed “The Noose is Tightening Around Us: Algeria’s Use of Transnational Repression to Crackdown on Dissent”, […]

Macky Sall blames climate change for torrential rains

Senegalese President Macky Sall Saturday chalked the torrential rains that fell on capital Dakar and the entire country on climate change, Sene News reports. “The heavy rains are due to the climatic disturbances in the world. This makes the rains much more intense and the damage very important. The weather forecast had announced it: at […]