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Chad's paramount media authority has suspended 12 newspapers for three months for failing to conform with a 2018 law, under a decree published on Monday.  The High Authority for Audiovisual Media (HAMA) cited failure to meet requirements that the publisher and...

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday for a knife attack in Tunisia which killed one National Guard officer and wounded another, as security forces rounded up more suspects. The attack on Sunday morning in a tourist district of the coastal city of...

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...