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Sahel: Calm returns to Mauritania after riots sparked by death of man in police custodyF

The Mauritanian government cut internet access for mobile phones Wednesday, a day after protests over the death of a young man after a brief period in police custody. Despite the loss of internet access for mobile phones, fixed lines were still functional and business...
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Tunisian journalists questioned by police over comments on security forcesF

Dozens of journalists protested Monday in front of a Tunis police station after two of their colleagues had been taken for questioning over comments on Tunisia's security forces, AFP correspondents said. Columnist Haythem El Mekki and presenter Elyes Gharbi were...
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Tunisia: Senior opposition figure Rached Ghannouchi gets one year in prison, as president moves to authoritarianismF

The Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party on Tuesday condemned the one-year prison sentence handed to its leader Rached Ghannouchi, calling it an "unjust political verdict". Ghannouchi, a leading opponent of President Kais Saied, was sentenced on Monday on...
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Tunisia pushes for more judicial harassment against the media, arrests journalist Khalifa GuesmiF

A Tunisian appeals court has handed a five-year jail term to a radio journalist for disclosing information about the security services, his lawyer said Tuesday. Khalifa Guesmi of the private Mosaique FM radio station had appealed a one-year jail term handed down in...
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