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RABAT, Morocco — King Mohammed VI has approved the removal of Madiha Khayr, a minister delegate appointed just two days earlier as part of Morocco’s new government, following a request from Head of Government Fatima
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KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to US-led peace efforts in a message to President Donald Trump, as Washington intensifies diplomatic efforts to secure a humanitarian truce
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BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives has removed its longtime speaker, Aguila Saleh, ending his 12-year tenure and ushering in a new parliamentary leadership amid shifting power dynamics in the country’s divided east.
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RABAT, Morocco — Amnesty International has accused Morocco’s domestic intelligence service of operating an extensive surveillance system targeting journalists, human-rights defenders, activists and other government critics. In a report published on October 1, the rights
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RABAT, Morocco — Morocco has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as its first woman prime minister, marking a historic change in the country's political leadership just days after parliamentary elections that were marked by low
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RABAT, Morocco — Morocco is entering a new political phase after Wednesday’s parliamentary election, with provisional results giving the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) the largest number of seats but a historically low voter turnout
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CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt has paid compensation to the family of poet and activist Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh, who was shot dead by police in Cairo in 2015 while taking part in a march to commemorate protesters
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TRIPOLI, Libya — The United Nations has welcomed a new agreement between Libya’s rival political factions that sets out a roadmap towards long-delayed national elections, offering a possible route out of the country’s prolonged political
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TUNIS, Tunisia — Five years after President Kais Saied suspended parliament and dismissed the government, Tunisia is once again confronting the political and economic grievances that helped drive the country’s 2011 revolution. The latest tensions
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LILONGWE, Malawi – Malawi’s Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has called for the immediate release of detained journalist Namiwa, criticizing police for what it described as an unlawful approach of “investigating through arrest.” The commission argues
