Tag: UNREST

Street vendors protest against the Ministry of Interior as the father of the man killed last week during confrontations with security forces in Giza Square meets with the Attorney General. (Photo by Hend Tarek)
EgyptPolitics

Demands mount as protests rock Cairo

Protesters impatient to have their demands met

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
A screengrab taken from a video released on YouTube shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau AFP PHOTO / YOUTUBE
Politics

Islamist militants kill Nigerian district attorney general

Boko Haram’s latest killing follows unconfirmed reports of their spokesperson’s death

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
The restaurant at Zad Al Mosafer ecolodge, Fayoum Rachel Adams / DNE
Tourism

After the revolution: story of a social enterprise

Abdo Gobeer's commitment to his ecolodge helps create a place of peaceful…

Rachel Adams Rachel Adams
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Syria faces suspension from the OIC amid Iranian objections

During the summit Saudi King calls for Muslim leaders to unite and…

Nouran El-Behairy Nouran El-Behairy
French imam (3rdL) of the Faourette mosque takes part on 14 August in a march with residents to ease people's minds, two days after clashes broke out between rival groups in the Bagatelle and Farouette deprived neighbourghoods of Toulouse, southern France AFP PHOTO / PASCAL PAVANI
Politics

Hollande vows to quell unrest

Dozens of people clashed with police officers clad in riot gear on…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Rights groups, trade unionists and members of the February 20 movement protest against the high cost of living and other causes of social discontent in Rabat on 11 August AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA
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Moroccans protest against high prices

Activists are upset at government subsidy cuts

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Egyptian soldiers stand on top of an Egyptian armoured personnel carrier at a military checkpoint on the Egyptian side of Rafah AFP PHOTO/MOSTAFA ABULEZZ
EgyptPolitics

Sinai attack repercussions continue

The Egyptian military reported it had killed 20 so-called terrorists on Friday…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam

Government workers killed in Baghdad

An official within the Iraqi Interior Ministry said that gunmen armed with…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
People stand near armoured vehicles of Turkish military stationed in front of Gecimli military outpost where Kurdish rebels attacked and killed 6 soldiers and 2 village guard on 5 August at Cukurca in Hakkari AFP PHOTO / STR
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Turkey reports PKK casualties

Erdogan, has in recent weeks accused the regime in Syria of giving…

Ahmed Khalifa Ahmed Khalifa
A 54 year old Tunisian citizen, identified as Mohammed bin Amer bin Saleh, receives treatment for serious wounds he sustained when a carbomb blew up in central Tripoli on 4 August. Gunbattles between youth allegedly competing for market place and a car blast sent a shudder through the Libyan capital, residents and security sources said, adding on person was wounded AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
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Red Cross attacked in Libya

At 6:45 in the morning, attackers pummeled the ICRC residence while ICRC…

Connor Molloy Connor Molloy