The arrest of Mohamed Fali, president of Algeria’s Ahmadiyya community on August 28, 2017, is the latest There are an estimated 2,000 Ahmadis in Algeria, according to the community. At least 20 have faced a charge of practicing religion in an unauthorized place of worship under Algeria Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Algeria ratified, governments must Algeria’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion but states that “this freedom must be exercised

de la région du Cavally, nichée dans le grand ouest forestier à quelques dizaines de kilomètres du Liberia

Unicef nutrition clinic at the Muna informal settlement on the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria In 2016, jihadis based in Central Sahel launched deadly attacks in western Niger, Burkina Faso, and Côte Algeria, an important broker of stability in the region, has a key role to play as the deal’s chief mediator In the Lake Chad Basin, the security forces of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad have stepped up their At the end of December, the Nigerian president announced the “final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists

This is true for the four countries of the Maghreb covered in this report, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and , Algeria and Tunisia. Algeria learned the lessons of the 1990s. Since then, Algeria’s security services have taken no chances. Tunisia needs Algeria’s help, while Algeria cannot afford to see another weakened state on its borders

Libya 7 Sept reportedly closed its borders with Chad and Niger for three months. Niger Alleged Boko Haram (BH) militants 6 Sept tried to abduct four villagers in Koutou, Diffa region Nigeria Boko Haram (BH) continued attacks in Borno state, killing at least 68 civilians: BH killed 21 In Niger Delta, militant Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators 3 Sept demanded President Buhari’s resignation Algeria National assembly president 4 Sept rebuffed calls by some opposition MPs for removal of President

Genocide Now Syrian Network for Human Rights The Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP-Liberia

In Algeria, Abdou Semmar, the editor of the investigative online newspaper Algériepart and host of “L

In the Middle East and North Africa region, Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Syria, and Palestine

Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Eritrea and Somalia, of prostitution and trafficking in Bosnia and Liberia 2001, it was discovered that aid workers and UN peacekeepers had sexually abused refugees in Guinea, Liberia

relativamente estable, que viene de un largo período de crecimiento económico, pero todavía se esfuerza por digerir

Missions in Ivory Coast and Liberia, which have shrunk significantly in recent years, are already scheduled

the UK and the U.S. among permanent members of the Security Council; Libya’s neighbours, including Algeria