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Tunisia: Nabil Karoui’s problems escalate after government closes Nessma TVF

Tunisia's media authority on Wednesday ordered the closure of Nessma TV channel founded by defeated presidential candidate Nabil Karoui.  The authority, known as HAICA, seized the channel's broadcast equipment and said in a statement that Nessma TV was broadcasting...
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Sahel: Mali expels ECOWAS representativeF

Mali's interim government has expelled the representative of West African bloc ECOWAS from the conflict-ridden and coup-prone country, the government said, over actions incompatible with his status.    "The government of the Republic of Mali has decided to declare the...
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Algeria: Regime’s war against civil society intensifiesF

A court in Algiers dissolved NGO and civil society organization Youth Action Rally (RAJ), causing uproar among opposition parties and rights organizations. The politically motivated court ruling essentially banned an organization that was largely involved in charity...
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Lebanon: Deadly clashes in Beyrout after rally against port blast judgeF

By Rouba El Husseini and Hashem Osseiran: The health ministry said 32 people were wounded.  Amal said three of its members were killed, while Hezbollah announced that funerals of two men and one woman would take place on Friday.   A doctor at Beirut's Sahel hospital...
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