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Yusra Ghannouchi, who is the daughter of jailed Tunisia’s opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, has condemned her father’s arrest citing gross human rights violation by the current regime of President Kais Saied. Alongside other family members of Tunisian opposition figures detained in a government crackdown, she is seeking the immediate release of her loved ones with a case bought to the… Read More

Several private media and online outlets in Guinea launched a one-day boycott of news in protest at press and internet restrictions by the authorities. The protest was announced Monday after the ruling military shut down two radio stations owned by the Afric Vision group, limited access to popular websites and social media, and threatened to close any media that “undermines… Read More

Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune kicked off Tuesday (May 23) a two-day state visit to Portugal. The African leader will meet with Algerian residents, participate in a business forum and hold discussions with the Portuguese Prime minister among other things set to take place during his stay. His delegation includes the Algerian ministers of Industry, Commerce and Start ups as well… Read More

The trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges resumed in a court in Dakar on Tuesday despite the fact that he failed for the second time running to attend the proceedings. There was a strong security presence in the capital amid fears of protests that have flared sporadically since the opposition leader and presidential candidate was first… Read More

Thousands of people displaced by the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region staged protests on Tuesday demanding to be able to return home and calling for the withdrawal of ‘invading forces’, local media reported. Demonstrators in several cities, including the regional capital Mekele, shouted “stop the ongoing genocide” and held placards demanding they be allowed to return home before the farming… Read More

Euronews speaks to Kaouther Ben Hania whose Palme d’Or-nominated film entitled ‘Four Daughters’ has got Cannes talking… and thinking. At the Cannes Film Festival, Tunisian film director Kaouther Ben Hania is causing a storm. The academy-award nominated director is in the race for this year’s Palme d’Or with her film ‘Four Daughters’. Speaking with Euronews, she described how she felt… Read More

Sporadic artillery fire was reported in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, early on Tuesday morning, but residents said fighting calmed down later on what was the first full day of the country’s latest ceasefire. The seven-day cessation of hostilities between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia, came into force at 19h45 GMT… Read More

Nigerian protesters held a demonstration on Tuesday to demand the release of Afrobeat star Seun Kuti, who was arrested earlier this month after being accused of assaulting a police officer in the commercial hub of Lagos. Kuti is the son of Nigerian musical icon and political agitator Fela, who himself was serially detained by Nigerian military regimes. Despite meeting the… Read More

The Liberian authorities admitted on Monday that they had lost track of four men recently tried and exonerated after the seizure of 100 million dollars worth of cocaine, a judgment that shocked even the Minister of Justice. A criminal court in Monrovia caused a stir on May 18 by finding not guilty a Liberian, a Bissau-Guinean, a Portuguese and a… Read More

The number of refugees in Chad who have fled the fighting between the forces of the two rival generals in Sudan for more than a month is “increasing very quickly” and is around 90,000, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was alarmed on Monday. refugees (UNHCR). The UN estimated them at 76,000 three days earlier. “As of now, we… Read More