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Tunisia: Presidential ‘hate speech’ on migrants causes public outcryF

Tunisian rights groups accused on Wednesday President Kais Saied of racism and hate speech after he said "hordes" of sub-Saharan African migrants were causing crime and posed a demographic threat. Saied, who has seized almost total power since a dramatic July 2021...

Tunisia: Judicial harassment against former Parliamentary Speaker Rached Ghannouchi intensifiesF

Tunisia's former parliamentary speaker Rached Ghannouchi appeared in court Tuesday on new terror-related charges after being accused of calling police officers "tyrants", his party said. Ghannouchi, who leads President Kais Saied's arch-foes the Islamist-inspired...

Morocco: Appeals court reduces sentence of rights activist Rida Benotmane but he is still in prisonF

A Moroccan appeals court halved the sentence of rights activist Rida Benotmane, jailed for social media posts calling for rallies against "abuses by security forces", his lawyer said Tuesday. "The sentence has been reduced to a year and a half in prison," said lawyer...

Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to FranceF

Algerian authorities have placed four people in pre-trial detention over the "illegal" departure of wanted French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, prosecutors said Tuesday. A prisoners' rights group said Bouraoui's 71-year-old mother had also been detained but later...

Israel’s settlement expansion plan in West Bank threatens Abrahamic Accords, puts Arab regimes on the defensiveF

Israel’s settlement expansion plan in West Bank threatens Abrahamic Accords, puts Arab regimes on the defensiveF

Jun 29, 2023

The United States has been working hard toward a diplomatic rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. But the...

Migrations: EU on overdrive to get deal with Tunisia to prevent migrationsF

Migrations: EU on overdrive to get deal with Tunisia to prevent migrationsF

Jun 29, 2023

By Marc Burleigh: EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday are to look at ways to press aid on Tunisia in a bid to...

Libya: Rival governments bicker over oil revenues, threaten to shut down oil operationsF

Libya: Rival governments bicker over oil revenues, threaten to shut down oil operationsF

Jun 26, 2023

The east-based government, which does not recognise the authority of the Government of National Unity based in...

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