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International · TunisiaLawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string of recent arrests that have convulsed the country over the past week and provoked international outcry.See the Story
As crisis escalates in Tunisia, lawyers strike over arrested colleague they say was tortured
44% Left coverage: 9 sources
Oil and Gas Sector · TripoliA recent report issued by Business Insider Africa, based on OPEC data, showed that Libya achieved an increase in oil production during April, ranking second after Nigeria, which recorded the highest oil production in Africa. The report indicated that most of the African member countries of OPEC witnessed a decline in the amount of oil produced, except for Libya, Algeria, and Congo. According to the report, the value of the OPEC Reference Basket …See the Story
Libya is second in Africa in oil production during April 2024 - Libya Al-ahraar
Tombs · EgyptThe pyramids of Giza now stand amid a desert landscape of sand and rock, miles from the lush banks of the Nile.Their modern isolation enhances the sense of majestic relics from a vanished kingdom, but it wasn’t always so: A new study suggests the pyramids once stood beside a major branch of the Nile that was swarming with boats.See the Story
Scientists find evidence of ancient waterway beside Egypt’s pyramids
48% Center coverage: 46 sources
Bola Tinubu · NigeriaA federal High Court sitting in Minna, Niger State, has granted an injunction seeking the stoppage of the marriage of 100 girls in the state.It would be recalled that the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye.. The post Court grants injunction stopping planned marriage of 100 orphans in Niger appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.See the Story
Court grants injunction stopping planned marriage of 100 orphans in Niger
100% Center coverage: 2 sources
Crime · AlgeriaA man who disappeared 26 years ago, at the age of 17, was found alive just 100 metres from his residence in Algeria. According to New York Post, Omar Bin Omran was rescued from the house of his kidnapper after he went missing on his way to school in 1998. Omar, now 45, was kept in the basement below the neighbour's floor in some kind of sheep pen. The man who kidnapped Omar, a 61-year-old who lived alone, was taken into custody.
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Teenager Who Disappeared 26 Years Ago Rescued From Neighbour's Cellar Just 100 Metres From Home
50% Right coverage: 44 sources
Famine · SudanThe Sudanese people “are trapped in an inferno of brutal violence” with famine, disease and fighting closing in and no end in sight, the top U.N. humanitarian official in the war-ravaged country said Wednesday.See the Story
Sudan's people are trapped in `inferno of brutal violence' as famine and fighting close in, UN says
67% Center coverage: 9 sources