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ECOWAS set to rule over Mohamed Bazoum’s detention


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The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) is set to issue a decision on a complaint submitted by lawyers of former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum over his ouster in a July coup. Since his toppling, Bazoum has been held…

Egyptian rights researcher, lawyer freed from detention


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Egyptian rights researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer were freed, a day after being pardoned by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in cases that renewed attention to Egypt's human rights record. Zaki had served 22 months in…

Senegalese opposition leader calls for protest


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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko alleged says he was being "illegally held" by security forces and urged the public to protest. "I urge all Senegalese people to come out onto the streets," he said on social media, escalating a…

Tunisia: Hundreds protest detention of president’s critics


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Some 300 demonstrators from opposition parties waved Tunisian flags and carried signs with the images of detainees at the rally organised by the main opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front. Since early February, authorities…