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Demonstrations have spread in Tunisia's interior to demand work and investment in the traditionally marginalised region. The latest protests in the country's centre and south come after residents of the southern city of Tataouine reached a November 7 deal with the...

Human Rights Watch accused Tunisia on Tuesday of "regressing" on free speech after a blogger was sentenced to two years' prison over a Facebook post deemed offensive to the judiciary. Wajdi Mahouechi (photo), 31 and a frequent commentator on social media, had...

Spanish authorities want to resume migrant deportations Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Friday called for deportations of migrants – suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic -- to resume, after meeting his counterpart in Morocco. Arrivals of...

Armed clashes between Morocco and the Polisario Front reflect the movement's frustration with a three-decade status quo that has frozen its dreams of independence in the Western Sahara, analysts say. The group, backed by Morocco's arch-rival Algeria, has long demanded...