North Africa

The young racists trying to ‘cleanse Europe’

By Zakiya Afzani The young racists trying to ‘cleanse Europe’ Generation Identity is what they call themselves. Made up of mainly 20-something tech-savvy members, the “Identitarian” movement has been described as the hipster right. Fiercely anti-immigration, anti-Humanitarian-aid and anti-Muslim, its aim is to stop migration to Europe. With headquarters in Austria…




International condemnation as UK imposes #MuslimBan

By Muhammad Musa Qasim Al-Bashir   International condemnation and outrage as UK introduced #MuslimBan President of the USA, Donald Trump has twice tried and twice failed to ban Muslims from entering his nation. His own Federal courts ruling against him, holding his ban to be illegal.     Yet Trump has…


Trump bans Muslims from using laptops and iPads on flights

By Amira Patel Devices larger than standard cell phones are to be banned on US flights from Muslim countries US President Trump is barring passengers on flights originating in several Muslim countries from carrying any electronic device larger than a standard cellphone starting on Tuesday, a Middle East-based carrier has…


USA | Trump #MuslimBan 2.0 survives first legal challenge

By Sayeed Yahya  Trump’s second #MuslimBan has survived it’s first legal challenge A top US judge has declined to issue an emergency order banning President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban.   The ruling came from Seattle district judge James Robart, the same judge who had issued the order that halted…


Trump signs second Muslim Ban executive order

By Aisha Butt  Trump has signed a second Muslim Ban executive order, this time excluding Iraq Donald Trump has signed a revised travel ban that will halt entry to the US for people from six Muslim nations, the originally proposed 9 were signed as 7 before being reversed as illegal…


Palestine | Palestinian government tells Trump he is about to “explode” the Middle-East

By Saira Ibrahim Palestine has warned Trump he is about to “explode” the Middle-East   Government spokesperson Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad warned that relocating the US- Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to the Palestinian capital city, Jerusalem would “explode the situation” in the entire Middle East and North Africa region,…



Government accused of “full frontal attack” on journalists and whistleblowers

By Tim Derbyshire  The government has come under fire for proposing dramatic new prison sentences for journalists and whistleblowers   The UK government’s legal advisers have been accused of launching a “full-frontal attack” on whistleblowers and journalists over proposals to radically increase prison sentences for revealing state secrets and prosecute…