The prosecutor general's office has revealed that Libya has arrested two people accused of detaining and torturing some 263 irregular migrants to extort ransoms. It said in a statement that “the public prosecution ordered the detention of two members of a criminal gang who deliberately restricted the freedom of illegal migrants." The prosecution added that “the sub-Saharan migrants were "subjected to torture, cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment in order to force their relatives to pay a ransom.”
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah have firmly rejected recent proposals from U.S. President Donald
Egypt has returned to the international debt market with its first U.S. dollar-denominated bond issuance in nearly two years,
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has identified 495 Moroccan nationals in its “non-detained docket” (NDD) who are
A United Nations rights expert on Thursday denounced Algeria's harassment and criminalization of human rights defenders, highlighting several
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