Legacy in Peril: How Egypt’s Expensive Traditions are Disappearing
Funerals without meals, condensed wedding ceremonies, and gold wedding bands even thinner… The economic crisis in Egypt has altered consumer behaviour in addition to...
Mali: Guterres urges the junta to “speed up” the return of civilians
In a report to the Security Council, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres encouraged Mali's ruling junta to "accelerate" the pace of transferring power to elected...
Zimbabwe: According to NGO, voters were “intimidated” on the phone
Rights activists charged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Tuesday with exposing the phone numbers of voters who they claimed had received "intimidation" texts...
Uganda sends 1,000 troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On Wednesday, a contingent of 1,000 troops left Uganda for the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ugandan troops will be part...
Burkina Faso’s civil society is concerned following reports of “forced recruitment.”
In Burkina Faso, a group of civil society organisations expressed concern about cases of "abduction" and "forced recruitment" of citizens as army auxiliaries in...
The EU defends its assistance to migrants in Libya.
The European Union defended its record of assisting migrants in Libya on Tuesday, after UN-backed investigators accused the 27-nation bloc of abetting human rights...
