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A Tunisian court has ordered detained tycoon and one-time presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to pay a six million-euro fine for failing to pay customs dues, the prosecution said Thursday. "The Tunis court of first instance has sentenced (Karoui) to a fine of 19.5...

Eight Algerian human rights groups warned on Thursday that 23 detained people on hunger strike could die, and called for  their immediate release. "Don't let them die... Some of them have begun facing serious health complications. Let us act before it is too late,"...

Stress in he Algerian labor market has been intensifying in the face of a dormant government.  Government action in the North African country has been dormant, with no policy directions coming from either the presidency or the prime minister's office. All government...

Egyptian photojournalist Hossam el-Sayed and his wife Solafa Magdy, an independent journalist, have been released after spending the past year and a half behind bars, their professional association said Wednesday. Solafa Magdy and her husband Hossam el-Sayed were...