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.

As the SDF explores new conditions to strengthen their negotiating position in the integration with the Syrian state, the Kurdish National Council is emerging as a key player in political talks with Damascus over the future of northeastern Syria.

Whenever the security situation in the Libyan capital Tripoli calms for a while, it quickly slides back into tension and armed clashes, fueling concerns over the country’s fragile stability.

Algeria has entered a political and legal debate following the government’s announcement that it would formally lift its reservation on Article 15, paragraph 4, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

On its anniversary, the General People’s Congress (GPC) in Sana’a faces an unprecedented Houthi militia crackdown, with funds seized, meetings forcibly broken up, and a death sentence looming over its vice president, Ahmed Ali Saleh.