Benjamin Redd, a Beirut-based American journalist, claimed he was fired from the newspaper after trying to organise a strike over salary non-payment. His colleagues have gone on strike in solidarity
In-depth: The well-connected citizens of protest hit Lebanon have been turning to alternative news sources online amid distrust in mainstream media. But there's a catch, writes Gaia Caramazza.
Either Libyan women’s rights activist Hajer Sharief or Somali peace campaigner Ilwad Elman could possibly beat Greta Thunberg to the prestigious – but controversial – Nobel Peace Prize.
In the second political trial of its kind, allies of deposed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika are being charged by Algeria's military regime of treason among widespread protests.
