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Jailed Moroccan journalist tells judge: “I want to go back to die in prison." 11 June 2021: The trial of Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni, who has been on hunger strike for 64 days, was Thursday again postponed to June 15 after a tense hearing where his...

Algeria to elect parliament amid protest movement boycott By Philippe Agret Algeria holds a parliamentary election Saturday under the shadow of a protest movement boycott and deep scepticism the North African nation can escape political paralysis and worsening...

A video of what seems to be officers in civilian clothes beating a naked minor has sparked outrage in Tunisia, two days after a man died after fleeing police custody. Authorities launched investigations Thursday into both incidents which took place in the Tunis...

Three Nigerien policemen and a gendarme were killed overnight Wednesday when their patrol was ambushed on the border with Algeria, local sources said. The men were "killed by bandits near Assamaka", a desert town hosting a security post near Niger's northern border...