Tunisian President Kais Saied is intensifying his campaign against Leader of Ennahda party, Ghannouchi, wielding the courts as a weapon in a shocking ruling that has alarmed both Tunisians and international human rights groups.

On September 22, 2025, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, calling the institution a tool of colonial oppression in the hands of imperial powers.

In an exclusive interview with Al-Estiklal, Ahmed Salem Bouhoubeyni, former head of Mauritania’s National Human Rights Commission, sheds light on the country’s most pressing challenges, from slavery and corruption to justice, education, and democracy.

On September 8, 2025, Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights issued a statement urging head of the Egyptian regime Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to consider granting a presidential pardon to a number of detainees, including Alaa Abdel Fattah.

The Trump administration is moving quickly to implement its plan to deport undocumented migrants to third countries rather than sending them back to their homelands, with Africa at the center of the effort.