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By Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret - Prominent journalist Khaled Drareni, a symbol of the struggle for a free press in Algeria, is to face a retrial after the supreme court accepted his lawyers' cassation appeal on Thursday. "The supreme court overturned the...

By Hamza Mekouar - A decade after the fall of Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi and the end of his regime's stranglehold on information, hopes for a free media remain a mirage. With the 2011 uprising followed by a long and often violent transition, media professionals...

Tunisia's government has finally given an official toll of 129 dead and 634 injured in its 2011 revolution, in what an independent body called "a strong signal" of a democratic transition. The tally, long demanded by victims' families, was published late Friday on the...

By Redouane Benmehdi - Moroccan newspaper Akhbar al Yaoum shut down its operations after 14 years in business. Its closing, which left its staff and journalists stunned and concerned about their future, was announced on March 14, 2021 by its founder Taoufik...