Is Mali about to fall to al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM?
The al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM wants to incite popular discontent and pressure Mali’s military government, experts say. People gather at a petrol station amid a shortage of fuel in Bamako, Mali on October 7, 2025 [Idriss Sangare/Reuters by Al Jazeera | Shola Lawal A months-long siege on the Malian capital, Bamako, by the armed al-Qaeda affiliate group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has brought the city to breaking point, causing desperation among residents and
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Ten days after Senegal’s pledge to protect the right to information, two TV channels disappear for a week
The signals of two private television channels, 7TV and TFM , disappeared from the digital terrestrial television (TNT) network for eight days, without any official justification and in very opaque circumstances. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this arbitrary blackout and calls on the Senegalese authorities to honour their commitments and identify those behind the disappearance. The signals of two private television channels, 7TV and TFM , disappeared from the
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Togo: AFED intentisifes campaign against gender-based violence
An advocacy and exchange meeting on the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) was held on Wednesday, November 5, in Blitta-Gare, about 270 km north of Lomé, the Togolese capital. Organised by the Association of Empowered Women for Development (AFED) under its “Voix Essentielles” project, with financial support from Speak Up Africa, the meeting brought together local authorities, women from agricultural cooperatives, and market vendors from Blitta-Gare, Blitta-Village, Dou
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UN Security Council supports Morocco’s plan for Western Sahara
The resolution supports Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara, a stance backed by Trump’s administration. An archway in the entrance of Dakhla carries an image of Morocco's King Mohammed VI, in Western Sahara [File: Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo] The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution stating that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty could be the most feasible solution to Rabat’s 50-year conflict with the Algeria-backed Poli
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UN Review to Examine Croatia's Human Rights Record
By OHCHR United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner Logo GENEVA – The human rights record of Croatia will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Monday 10 November 2025, 14:30–18:00 (GMT+1), in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live . Croatia is one of 14 States scheduled to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session from 3 to 14 November 2025.
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‘Long on talk and short on action’: Papua New Guinea leader criticises Cop climate summits ahead of Brazil meeting
By Rebecca Bush James Marape skipped the meeting last year in protest but will attend Cop30 due to ‘encouraging signs’ on climate finance. Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape says developed nations are ‘ready to deliver on climate finance’ ahead of the Cop30 summit in Belém, Brazil. Photograph: Godfreeman Kaptigau Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, has criticised Cop climate summits as “long on talk and short on action” but will attend the upcoming meet
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