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UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said Sunday that “the nightmare in Gaza is intensifying,” emphasizing an “ever-worsening humanitarian crisis.” Wennesland condemned ongoing attacks on civilians, asserting, “Nowhere is safe in Gaza.” He called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, calling for the hostages held by Hamas to be released, [...]

The United Kingdom announced that it has joined with France and Algeria to call for an urgent meeting at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza, while the Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the UK was considering sanctions on Israeli cabinet ministers.  Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the [...]

France’s newly appointed interior minister Bruno Retailleau signalled a rightward shift for French interior policy on Monday at his first public speech in office. Addressing police unions at the Cour de l’Hôtel de Beauvau, he vowed to end “illegal” migration and “restore order” in the country. Concerning immigration, the senior senator with The Republicans (Les [...]

Algeria’s top court confirmed the victory of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday with state media reporting that the president received 84.3% of the vote, despite claims of fraud from the opposition. Opposition leader Abdelali Hassani Cherif, head of the moderate Islamist party Movement of Society for Peace, legally challenged the vote last week. Cherif was [...]

Free speech organization Article 19 urged the government of Algeria to repeal recent amendments made to the Algerian Penal Code to align with international freedom of expression standards in a statement published on Monday. Article 19, a human rights organization committed to defending the freedom of expression and information, criticized the amendments, which introduced new [...]

Algerian boxer and Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif filed a complaint on Saturday over online abuse following a controversial gender debate that made headlines during Paris’s Olympic Games. Khelif’s lawyer, Nabil Boudi, announced via a press release on the social media platform X that he filed a complaint with the anti-online hatred center of the [...]

The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday passed a resolution to lift the arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR) and decided that all UN member states shall take necessary measures to prevent the supply of arms to armed groups operating within the CAR until July 31, 2025. Resolution 2745 (2024) was passed unanimously [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday urged Algerian authorities to release two detained journalists, stating that the country must stop cracking down on press freedom. The two journalists, Omar Ferhat and Sofiane Ghirous, worked for the news website Algeria Scoop and were arrested last month. The journalists were charged with inciting hate speech [...]

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, said in a statement about her latest report on the situation in Gaza: In this darkest hour, the international community cannot continue to ignore that it is Israel’s project to rid Palestine of Palestinians in defiance [...]

The Developing Eight Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) affirmed their support for the full membership of Palestine in the UN and all resolutions related to the Palestinian cause in international fora in a joint declaration released on Saturday. This declaration was a result of the extraordinary meeting of the D-8 Council of Ministers on the [...]