Africa

Rallies resume on Thursday despite signs the government is ready to tackle corruption

Saber Chouchane has been released after having been sentenced to death for Facebook posts criticizing President Kais Saied....

A group called Gen Z 212 is coordinating demonstrations in Morocco that have engulfed the country more than a week ago. The...

Amid a media blackout, youth-led protests in Morocco have turned violent, leaving two dead and hundreds more arrested or...

Burkina Faso’s parliament launched an inquiry into irregularities in the real estate sector in 2020, but the findings were...

Freed after nearly 12 years in jail, following international and domestic pressure—and his mother’s nine-month hunger...

Rights groups warn Ethiopia is tightening its grip on independent media as at least six journalists have been arrested since...

For the second time in its long-running dispute with Equatorial Guinea, the ICJ has ruled in France’s favor, paving the way...

Nigerian authorities have banned the import and sale of two herbicides that have been found to be toxic, but inconsistent...

In the latest chapter of a decades-long human rights crisis, Egypt’s campaign to suppress dissent has escalated with the...