Turkey increases illegal detentions of university students Meryem Hafidi 24/02/21 Turkey increases illegal detentions of university students Turkey steps up crackdown on university protests with hundreds of arrests Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish newspaper bosses to six years' imprisonment Turkey arrests 718 Kurds in response to clashes with the PKK Erdogan intensifies crackdown on opposition figures
Khaled Drareni and 32 Hirak detainees released in Algeria Meryem Hafidi 20/02/21 Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni sentenced to three years in prison Coronavirus restrictions set the streets alight in Algeria Algeria's president begins talks with the opposition over possible early elections Algerian president dissolves parliament and announces early parliamentary elections
The port of Tangier-Med leads the Mediterranean Meryem Hafidi 15/02/21 Morocco approaches the half-way point of the 2030 National Port Strategy
Al-Shabaab attack leaves eight soldiers dead in Somalia Meryem Hafidi 08/02/21 Al-Shabaab attack on Mogadishu hotel on Sunday leaves 5 dead Somali political crisis deepens Somalia elections postponed
