Morocco sex abuse case against French tycoon widens
Tangiers – Morocco has detained a seventh suspect in a sexual abuse and trafficking case against French insurance tycoon... Read more
17 Jul, 2022
Morocco ‘detains’ employees of French tycoon accused in sex case
Rabat – Several employees of French insurance tycoon Jacques Bouthier, under arrest in Paris on charges of raping a... Read more
9 Jul, 2022
Women-only media start-up wants to fight stigma in Somalia
Mogadishu – Armed with mobile phones, tripods and laptops, the crew at Bilan Media, a Somali start-up staffed entirely... Read more
9 Jul, 2022
Kenyan fury over Fox News host’s jibe on pregnant women voters
Nairobi – A prominent Fox News television presenter has triggered outrage in Kenya after she suggested that pregnant women... Read more
8 Jul, 2022
Amnesty demands Morocco probe ‘assaults’ on 5 Sahrawi activists
Rabat – Human rights group Amnesty International on Friday urged Moroccan authorities to investigate urgently allegations that security forces last... Read more
28 May, 2022
Sudan women’s activist wins human rights prize
Khartoum – Sudanese women’s activist Amira Osman Hamed has won a Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at... Read more
27 May, 2022
Egypt cuts TikTok influencer sentence to 3 years
Cairo – An Egyptian court has reduced TikTok influencer Haneen Hossam’s 10-year “human trafficking” sentence to three years, a... Read more
19 Apr, 2022
Get this straight: Curls bounce back in Cairo
Cairo – “Shaggy,” “messy,” “unprofessional”. Natural curls were once looked down upon in Egypt, where Western beauty standards favoured... Read more
15 Apr, 2022
Appeal launched over Pakistani brother’s killing of social media star
Islamabad – Pakistani prosecutors said on Sunday they have appealed to the country’s top court after a man was acquitted... Read more
20 Mar, 2022
Kenya court remands 16 in custody over road attack on woman
Nairobi – A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered 16 motorcycle taxi riders to be remanded in custody for a fortnight... Read more
11 Mar, 2022
