Countries

Tunisian judges strike after president scraps watchdog

Tunis – Tunisian judges on Wednesday started a widely observed nationwide strike, days after President Kais Saied announced he would... Read more

10 Feb, 2022

Countries

Egypt swears in first Coptic Christian to head top court

Cairo – Egypt’s first ever Coptic Christian judge to head the country’s highest court was sworn in on Wednesday,... Read more

10 Feb, 2022

Countries

HRW slams Tunisia’s ‘secret detentions’ under state of emergency

Tunis – Tunisian authorities are using emergency laws to place people in “secret detention”, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday,... Read more

9 Feb, 2022

Countries

Tunisia police blockade dissolved judicial watchdog

Tunis – Tunisian police on Monday blocked access to the country’s top judicial watchdog in a move its chief... Read more

8 Feb, 2022

World

Biden admin withdraws Covid vaccination mandate for businesses

Washington – President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday formally withdrew the Covid vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses that was... Read more

26 Jan, 2022

World

US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to block Capitol attack document release

Washington – The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by former president Donald Trump to block the... Read more

20 Jan, 2022

Countries

Jailed Moroccan journalist insists innocence on appeal

Casablanca – A Moroccan journalist sentenced to five years in prison for indecent assault in a controversial case proclaimed his... Read more

11 Jan, 2022

World

Life in jail for killers of Black American jogger

Washington – Three white men convicted of murdering African American jogger Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in their pickup... Read more

8 Jan, 2022

News

Cameroon activists handed jail terms

Yaoundé – Four activists from Cameroon’s Stand Up for Cameroon pressure group received 16-month jail terms on Friday for “insurrection”,... Read more

1 Jan, 2022

World

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of sex trafficking

New York – British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in New York on Wednesday of recruiting and grooming... Read more

30 Dec, 2021