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Morocco imposed a lockdown on Casablanca and shut its schools Monday, the day pupils were due to return to classes, in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19.  The new measures, which include restrictions on movement and a night-time curfew, would be in place for two...

Egyptian human rights groups on Saturday accused the authorities of "recycling" judicial cases against dissidents to prolong their periods of detention. "Recycling cases occurs when a new case is brought by the prosecution against someone who has already been released...

(Photo: Poet Mohamed Tadjadit) Two jailed activists from Algeria's anti-government "Hirak" protest movement have been on hunger strike for over a week to protest their incarceration, one of their lawyers said Saturday. Mohamed Tadjadit, nicknamed the "Hirak poet",...

N'Djamena - Chad's former oil minister was in custody on Thursday following his arrest for allegedly stealing public funds, the police and his lawyer said.  Djerassem Le Bemadjiel was arrested on Wednesday after a complaint by a state body that reports directly to...