Tue, 21-Oct-2025

French Police Make 16 Arrests as Overnight Riots Ease

French Overnight Riots

16 individuals detained in connection with urban violence in France overnight. Protests in disadvantaged suburbs decrease after fatal police shooting. Riots expose societal divisions on minority integration and interpretation of French values. French police detained 16 individuals overnight in connection with urban violence, signaling a continued reduction in the intensity of protests that erupted in … Read more

Sub-Saharan African nations are returning their citizens

Sub-Saharan African

Several sub-Saharan nations, including the Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea, and Gabon, are assisting their residents. The words made by the Tunisian administration were vehemently denounced by the African Union. Saied made a different address in which he insisted that there is no racial prejudice in Tunisia. In response to the contentious comments made by the … Read more

Tunisians vote on constitution to support Kais Saied rule

kais saied

Voting began in Tunisia on Monday on a constitution viewed as a vote on President Kais Saied.The Charter would grant the president practically unfettered powers in a departure from the democratic trend since 2011. Around 9.3 million of Tunisia’s 12 million adults registered to vote or have been automatically enrolled. TUNIS: Tunisians began voting on … Read more

18 migrants die in mass attempt to enter Spain’s Melilla

migrants

Around 2,000 African migrants approached Melilla at dawn Friday. More than 500 managed to enter a border control area after cutting a fence with shears. Moroccan border guards looked the other way as 10,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta in January.   At least 18 African migrants were killed when a large crowd attempted to cross … Read more

Morocco arrests IS suspect in joint probe with US

Morocco

Moroccan police announced Friday that they had arrested a suspected member of the Islamic State group who was accused of organizing “acts of terrorism” in collaboration with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. The declaration came ahead of the start of a conference of member countries in the US-led coalition against ISIS in the Moroccan … Read more

Burkina Faso appoint Frenchman Velud as coach

Burkina

Frenchman Hubert Velud turned into named Friday as the brand new instruct of Burkina Faso, replacing Kamou Malo who left after guiding the united states to the semi-finals of this year’s Africa Cup of Nations. Velud, 62, will take over on a -yr deal. He turned into educating Togo on the AFCON in 2010 when … Read more

Algeria newspaper Liberte closes after 30 years

Liberte

Known  Algerian newspaper Liberte printed its last issue on Thursday, thirty years after it was established and a week after its owner, the country’s richest man, marked  to wind it up. The French-language newspaper’s front page resembled an obituary, with a black band on the top and the title in red written : “Thank you … Read more

What does Algeria’s gas deal with Italy mean?

Algeria's gas deal

Natural gas giant Algeria has agreed to boost deliveries to Italy as European countries seek to reduce their reliance on Russian imports over the Ukraine war. But experts say the North African country, despite its vast natural gas reserves, is already exporting at close to full capacity.   Can Algeria meet its latest commitments? Algeria possesses … Read more

Tunisia may see new COVID-19 wave in May: minister

tunisia

TUNIS – Tunisian Health Minister Ali Mrabet warned on Monday that his country may witness a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in May. The progress of fighting the virus does not justify laxity on the preventive measures, the minister told Mosaique FM, a private radio station. He also stressed the importance of vaccination, adding … Read more

Libyan central banks to reunite after seven-year split

Libyan central banks

TRIPOLI: Libya’s rival central banks said on Monday they had reached a reunification deal, seven years after they divided as conflict tore the country apart. The original bank, which manages the North African state’s vast oil revenues, had been severed in 2014 when a complex civil war gave rise to rival administrations in the east and … Read more