Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won the gold medal in the Paris Olympic Games, defeating China’s Yang Liu in the welterweight category after attacks on her gender. It is Algeria’s second gold medal.
In the Friday match at the Roland Garros Stadium, Khelif came out on top five rounds to zero, to instant applause. The boxer gained notoriety when far-right conspiracy theories saying that Khelif was transgender circulated after she beat Italian Angela Carini in an embarrassing defeat.
Libyan writer and politician Samir Shegwara has been arrested on national security charges after publishing documents that allegedly link Libya’
Drastic funding cuts at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), triggered by the Trump administration, have halted critical health programs
Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, a Tunisian opposition figure arrested in February 2023 on state conspiracy charges, has begun a hunger strike,
According to reporting by Africa Intelligence, while France's army in Senegal is due to leave the country by
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