Algeria jails pro-democracy Hirak poet for five years on terrorism charges
非洲 • 2025年11月12日 上午8:55
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Algeria on Tuesday jailed pro-democracy activist Mohamed Tadjadit for five years on terrorism charges, in what human right groups have called an "alarming signal' for human rights in the country. Known for his public poetry readings during Algeria's 2019 Hirak movement, Tadjadit has been imprisoned multiple times by the Algerian authorities.
Pardoned French-Algerian dissident writer Sansal en route to Germany
非洲 • 下午7:35
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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has granted a pardon to French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal following a request from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Algerian presidency said on Wednesday. Algerian authorities arrested Sansal a yea
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Somalia: Rape and violence against women and children widespread, NGO warns
非洲 • 下午2:52
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The international charity Save the Children is warning of widespread violence against women and children in Somalia. Just this week, a father killed his four children in an arson attack. In October, an 11-year-old girl was subject to a violent rape, and
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Algeria pardons Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal
非洲 • 下午2:37
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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal following a request from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Sansal, 81, was arrested last year and sentenced to five years for undermining national unity, c
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Ghana helicopter crash caused by bad weather and safety gaps, report says
非洲 • 上午11:20
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A military helicopter crash in southern Ghana in August, which killed eight people including the defence and environment ministers, was caused by adverse weather, limited visibility, and hilly terrain, according to an official probe. The 12-year-old heli
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Rebels pressuring junta: 'For first time, urban dwellers in Mali really feeling effects of conflict'
非洲 • 上午10:29
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African Union Commission President Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed serious concern over an ongoing jihadist blockade in Mali, calling for "urgent international action". For weeks, jihadists with the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Musli
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Algeria jails pro-democracy Hirak poet for five years on terrorism charges
非洲 • 上午8:55
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Algeria on Tuesday jailed pro-democracy activist Mohamed Tadjadit for five years on terrorism charges, in what human right groups have called an "alarming signal' for human rights in the country. Known for his public poetry readings during Algeria's 2019
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Gabon court sentences Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo to 20 years in prison
非洲 • 上午2:55
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A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced former first lady Sylvia Bongo and her son, Noureddin Bongo, to 20 years in prison after a swift two-day corruption trial that found them guilty of embezzlement and other charges. The pair were accused of exploiting e
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