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Somali refugees at a UNHCR reception center in Yemen (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Khaled Fazaa
Aden

Unprecedented numbers of African refugees flee to Yemen

UNHCR expresses concern over abuse by smugglers

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
An elderly Palestinian woman sits on the ground outside her home at Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS
2020

Bleak future for Gaza

Gaza will not be livable, unless drastic actions are taken, says the…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
20120829_CJM_Death Penalty_CAM Prison officer guards detainees in an Iraqi prison AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
amnesty

Rumours and horror-stories mix as Iraq tries “terrorism” suspects

Iraq trying suspects of terrorism remains unconfirmed

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of US peace activist Rachel Corrie who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer during a demonstration in Gaza in 2003, sit at the Haifa District Court in the Israeli coastal city of Haifa AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ
activist

Activist’s death a ‘regrettable accident’

Israeli court rules Rachel Corrie's death by a bulldozer not intentional.

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Kuwaiti citizen Essam al-Houti, who was freed by gunmen who abducted him last week eastern Lebanon, meets with Kuwaiti ambassador in Beirut AFP PHOTO / Stringer
abduct

Kuwaiti hostage released from Lebanon

The dilemma surrounding Issam Al-Houti comes to an end

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
The wreckage of a Morrocan tank is pictured near the Western Sahara village of Tifariti in the region where the Frente Polisario is fighting for independence for the territory on the west African coast AFP PHOTO / Dominique Faget
Algeria

UN head rejects Moroccan envoy change

UN mission in Western Sahara will remain unchanged

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
Libyan Islamist hardliners use a bulldozer to raze the mausoleum of Al-Shaab Al-Dahman near the centre of Tripoli on 25 August AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
attack

Libyan Minister resigns after Sufi mosque destroyed

Public pressure leads Libyan Interim Interior Minister to resign, following the recent…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
A man rides his motorbike in Joura in Lebanon's Bekaa valley in the area where the Kuwaiti engineer was allegedly kidnapped AFP PHOTO
abduct

Reports denied of Kuwaiti citizen kidnapped in Lebanon

Despite statements by his wife, Lebanese media denies Al-Hooty's abduction

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Stranded on the border with Turkey, a Syrian mother takes care of her children after they were displaced from their houses due to fighting between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces on 25 August AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
Borders

Refugees stranded as Turkey closes border

With 80,000 refugees have already crossed its borders, Turkey declares it’s a…

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
A video released by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa on 26 August reportedly shows an Algerian man taken hostage by the MUJAO in April asking Algerian authorities to "save his life" AFP PHOTO / MUJAO
Al-Qaeda

Algerian hostage in Mali pleads for his life

Movement for Oneness and Jihad kidnaps an Algerian consulate employee

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez