Government actions against opposition figures continue to dominate the political landscape in Tunisia. This week and...
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EU Report Accuses Tunisia of Migrant Trafficking to Libya
A report, presented to the European Parliament on January 29 by a group of researchers, accuses Tunisia of deporting...
Egypt: Efforts at a National Dialogue Undermined by an Unhinged Political Police
Egypt is sending mix signals on its human rights records. Some in Cairo’s political system are trying hard to project...
Sahel: Wagner Group and Mali army engaging in mass murder and forced displacement of northern populations
The Wagner Group is wracking havoc in northern Mali, with actions that hint on ongoing efforts to depopulate the...
Moroccan authorities destroy homes without warning or relocation offers ($)
In a series of surprise operations, coastal communities in Morocco have been experiencing the forceful destruction of...
Mauritania: Christian group released from detention, expelled from Mauritania
Media sources report that 15 Christians leaders and their families who were arrested by Mauritania at the end of...
Tunisia: Journalist Zied El-Heni released from jail, gets six-month suspended sentence
Tunisian journalist El-Heni was released from prison on Wednesday, 10 January 2024, but he was given a six-month...
UN rapporteur on human rights pressures Algeria to release jailed activists
The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights defenders on Tuesday urged Algeria to release all jailed human...
Egypt: Italy sets new trial for Egyptians accused of student’s murder
A court in Italy on Monday set a February date for a new trial in absentia of four Egyptian security officers accused...
Middle East: Wounded children from war-torn Gaza airlifted to UAE
By Mumen KhatibB and Giuseppe Cacace: Clutching a blown-up surgical glove as a makeshift toy, a Palestinian child is...
Egypt opens Rafah Border, to allow safe passage to foreign nationals
Egypt will help evacuate "about 7,000" foreigners and dual nationals from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the foreign...
Morocco: Appeals court reduced prison sentence to rights activist Saida El Alami, but conviction remains
A Moroccan appeals court on Wednesday reduced to eight months the sentence for a human rights activist convicted of...
Algeria: While pro-democracy Hirak movement represents no risk to regime, Algeria continues to hold people in prisons
A United Nations expert on Tuesday urged Algeria to pardon people convicted or detained over their involvement in the...
Libya flood: As death toll exceeds 3,300, tens of thousands of people are displaced
Libya's flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the...
France arrests journalist for reporting on alleged French targeting of civilians in Egypt
France was accused of an "unacceptable" attack on press freedom Tuesday after a journalist was arrested for reporting...
Tunisia: President continues to weaken Islamist party Ennahdha with more arrests
Two leaders of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha have been arrested, the party said Wednesday, in...
Algeria says it was forced to shoot at jet skiers, as families plan to file complaints in French courts
Algeria said Sunday its security forces had opened fire this week after a group of jet skiers from Morocco ignored...
Algeria sentences 2 men to prison for allegedly “publishing classified info”
An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced an Algerian-Canadian researcher and Algerian journalist each to two years in...
Egypt releases political activist Ahmed Douma
Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in the country's 2011 uprising who has spent the past decade behind...
Brief: Morocco’s overcrowded prisons ($)
The number of prisoners held in penitentiary establishments in Morocco reached, as of August 07, 2023, a total of...
Egypt: Under intense international pressure, Egypt releases Egyptian-Irish student Patrick Zaki two days after he was sentenced to prison
Egyptian researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer walked out of prison Thursday, relatives said, a day...
Morocco continues to use judicial harassment against journalists
By Ismail Bellaoualli and Philippe Agret: Morocco's top court has rejected the final appeals of two journalists, Omar...
Egypt: Three years in prison and tortured for allegedly spreading “fake news”
The United States called on Egypt Wednesday to release rights researcher Patrick Zaki, a day after he was sentenced to...
Sahel: Malian journalist Mohamed Youssouf Bathily acquitted over PM ‘assassination’ claim
A prominent Malian TV and radio journalist was acquitted on Tuesday on charges that he falsely claimed a former...
Migrants: Appalling treatment of migrants by North African governments continues
By Aymen Jamli and Francoise Kadri: The bodies of two migrants have been found in a desert region near Tunisia's...
Tunisia: Witnesses report abusive acts against migrants
Hundreds of African migrants were stranded in dire conditions in a desert area of southern Tunisia on Thursday after...
Egyptian national executed in Saudi Arabia for ‘terrorism’
Saudi Arabia on Monday put to death five people convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a house of worship, state...
Tunisia: Racial tension spikes in Sfax as Sub-Saharan migrants targeted
Racial tensions in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax flared into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan Africa,...
Tunisian stabbed to death in clash with African migrants
Youths in Tunisia called for vengeance on Tuesday at the funeral of a man stabbed to death during a scuffle between...
How Egypt’s road infrastructure investments are ruinous and destructive
Photo by Mostnir Shady Ahmed: In the decade since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power, Egypt has built dozens...
Algeria: An entire country loses Internet access because of a high school exam
The Algerian authorities have become used to enacting individual or collective punishment anytime they face even the...
Tunisia to free opposition figure after 4 months in jail: lawyer
A Tunisian judge on Friday ordered the release of opposition figure Chaima Issa four months after her arrest on...
Tunisia frees journalist held after criticising penal code
A Tunisian journalist arrested after criticising a law that criminalises insulting the head of state was released on...
Algeria forced more than 9,000 African migrants over the border into Niger, creates “critical humanitarian situation”
Algeria has forced more than 9,000 African migrants over the border into Niger creating a "critical humanitarian...
Tunisia protesters demand ‘political’ prisoners’ freedom
Hundreds of supporters of Tunisia's main opposition coalition on Sunday rallied to demand freedom for about 20...
Libya: UN calls for halt to Libya migrant detention, expulsion
The United Nations on Monday called on Libya to treat migrants and asylum seekers with dignity, highlighting concerns...
Tunisia: Three jailed opposition leaders on hunger strike
Three leaders of Tunisia's once-dominant Ennahdha party are on a hunger strike to protest their detention under a...
Egypt’s regime intensifies repression, kills any hope of political stability
@arezkid #Egypt: “#Chicken feet are good for you and your budget”: #1country1minute ♬ Soft One month into a...
Jailed Egypt songwriter on hunger strike refuses water
Dissident Egyptian songwriter and poet Galal al-Behairy, who has been on hunger strike for three months in protest at...
Sahel: Calm returns to Mauritania after riots sparked by death of man in police custody
The Mauritanian government cut internet access for mobile phones Wednesday, a day after protests over the death of a...
Tunisian journalists questioned by police over comments on security forces
Dozens of journalists protested Monday in front of a Tunis police station after two of their colleagues had been taken...
Tunisia: Senior opposition figure Rached Ghannouchi gets one year in prison, as president moves to authoritarianism
The Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party on Tuesday condemned the one-year prison sentence handed to its leader...
Tunisia pushes for more judicial harassment against the media, arrests journalist Khalifa Guesmi
A Tunisian appeals court has handed a five-year jail term to a radio journalist for disclosing information about the...