Shield and Alert: Maghreb Bound

Tunisia: Hundreds of migrants intercepted in Tunisia, others arrested for human smugglingF

Tunisian authorities said on Friday they had intercepted more than 800 people making clandestine attempts to reach Italy by boat in a single night earlier this week. "A total of 813 migrants, including 473 from sub-Saharan Africa" were caught off the North African...
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Tunisia: Bodies of eight migrants found off ZarzisF

The bodies of eight migrants, thought to be Tunisians missing for two weeks, were recovered Monday off the coast of the north African country, the Red Crescent said. "Sailors on Monday morning found eight bodies of migrants off Zarzis whose boat was thought to have...
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Algeria wants lesser status for French language in favor of EnglishF

By Abdellah Cheballah: Algerian primary schools have scrambled to introduce English lessons, in a move critics say was rushed but others hope could be a coup de grace against the language of former occupier France. Language is a sensitive topic in the North African...
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Morocco triples migrants’ jail terms over border stormingF

A Moroccan appeals court more than tripled to three years prison sentences against 18 African migrants over the deadly storming of a Spanish enclave in June, a lawyer said. The migrants had been arrested after some 2,000 people, mostly from Sudan, tried to breach the...
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