An authoritarian turn is feared in Tunisia. With the referendum proposed by President Kais Saied, a new Constitution will come into effect, replacing the one written after the Arab Spring of 2011. More than 93% of Tunisian voters opted...
By Wesam Besindawa* for Newsweek
In a square meter grave-like cell waits Fateh, a Houthi prisoner. She has been deprived of food and drink for hours. She is promised release when she admits to a false charge of prostitution, but...
By Angelo Ferrari for OGZero - read the original article
What is happening in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo? But, above all, what was the point of the 6 July meeting in Luanda between the Congolese President,...
By Anna Bisignano
After 30 years of military rule under an oppressive dictatorship Sudan has finally toppled its president Omar al-Bashir, in April 2019. Revolutions are not new in Sudan: the revolution that overthrew President Omar al-Bashir had been going...
The border conflict between Sudan and Ethiopia ignites once again, this time caused by an offensive military initiative by Khartoum in the al-Fashaga District. (depicted on the map) The district has been disputed since colonial times, and is currently...
By Sara Pieraccioni
In 2022, after twenty-two years of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace, and Security, there are fewer than a hundred National Action Plans (NAPs) about this resolution.
Tunisia adopted its first NAP...
Many are dead, once again, in the enclave of Melilla, where some two thousand people, according to the Moroccan Authorities, had massed near the border in order to climb the wall leading to Europe. Kingdom forces pushed them back...
There is no stopping to the protests in Sudan. Despite the coup d'état (and repression) that scuttled the transition process to democracy that the country was struggling through, new demonstrations have been taking place for several weeks.
All these demonstrations...
By Camilla Ballerini
The organization "Open Society Foundations" in 2021 published a new report "A Passage to Justice - Selected Yemeni civil society views for transitional justice and long-term accountability in Yemen". The report is based on interviews with Yemeni...
By Anna Bisignano
“Our Land, Our Resources: stop the Plundering of Natural Resources in Western Sahara", this is the Manifesto published by the international campaign “Western Sahara is Not for Sale” (WSNS).
The occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco has lasted...
