Three dead, five missing in factory collapse
Three people were killed and five others are still missing following the collapse of a factory in Hammam-Sousse, south of Tunis.
Photo Update – New Report Documents Abuse of Sahrawi Refugees’ Rights in Algeria Camps (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Forgotten or Forsaken? UN refugee chief says international community needs to “wake up” to plight of refugees stranded in desert for decades in “precarious conditions” WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Only weeks after news reports citing the UN’s refugee chief saying tens of thousands of refugees had been “forgotten” in remote desert camps in Algeria, a new study, “Group Rights …
Libya frees 88 Islamist prisoners
The Libyan government released 88 members of radical Islamist groups jailed for plotting to topple the government of Muammar Gaddafi.
French army chief visits Mauritania (People’s Daily)
The chief of general staff of the French military, general Jean-Louis Gorgelin, arrived on Sunday in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott for a working visit, the northwest African country’s military said. The French general will meet Mauritanian Defense Minister Hammadi Ould Hammadi before visiting his counterpart Ghazwani in the northern towns of Chinguitty and Atar. The French army chief will …
Journalist jailed in Morocco
A media watchdog has criticized Morocco for jailing the publisher of a magazine that reported on the health of the North African country’s king.
Libyan Man Loses Hand In Italian Barracks Attack (EuroNews)
A Libyan man has lost one of his hands, as well as suffering injuries to his face, after he set off a bomb at an Italian army barracks. An
Libyan hurt after throwing bomb at Milan barracks (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
A Libyan man threw a bomb at an Italian army barracks in Milan early Monday and was injured in the explosion, losing one of his hands, police said.
Sacked bank chiefs, held in Nigeria
Nigerian anti-graft agency EFCC has arrested two sacked bank chiefs and a senior stockbroker for alleged fraud running into several millions of dollars.
