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French Law Eases Path to Nuclear Test Compensation for Algerian and Polynesian Victims
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Flashpoints: In Southern Chad, A Local Clash Reveals Deeper Fragility
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Sudan: Deadly violence grips Darfur
Sudan's army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt on his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the...
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 ($)
Rights group criticizes Saudi legal system over jailing of Egyptian psychiatrist
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
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
Egyptian national executed in Saudi Arabia for ‘terrorism’
Tunisia: Racial tension spikes in Sfax as Sub-Saharan migrants targeted
Tunisian stabbed to death in clash with African migrants
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...
Migrations: Spike in sea crossing incidents shines spotlight on Moroccan and Spanish governments’ inability to manage the crisis
By Valentin Bontemps: Activists on Friday criticised Madrid and Rabat for failing to act faster to help migrants...
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
Algeria forced more than 9,000 African migrants over the border into Niger, creates “critical humanitarian situation”
Tunisia protesters demand ‘political’ prisoners’ freedom
Tunisia: France to donate $28 million to Tunisia to buy equipment to counter migrant crossings
Libya: UN calls for halt to Libya migrant detention, expulsion
Tunisia: Three jailed opposition leaders on hunger strike
Egypt’s regime intensifies repression, kills any hope of political stability
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...
Sahel: Growing concern over crackdown on media in the Sahel
Thirty media outlets and press freedom groups on Wednesday called for Mali and Burkina Faso's ruling juntas to...
Egypt: Al Jazeera Journalist Hisham Abdelaziz released from prison as Egypt moves closer to Qatar
The authorities in Egypt have released a journalist with the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network nearly four years...
Tunisia: Profile of jailed opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi
Islamist-inspired Ennahdha opposition party arrested on Monday, once towered over Tunisia's politics but many now...
Libyan authorities are cracking down on civil society groups
Libyan authorities have imposed "severe restrictions" on local and international civil society groups, obstructing...
Algeria passes law further curbing press freedom
Algeria's parliament on Thursday passed a law further restricting press freedom in the North African country by...
Egypt: Khaled Elbalshy of banned Darb news site, elected chief of Egypt’s journalist union
Egypt's journalist union said Saturday it had elected government critic Khaled Elbalshy as its head, amid a crackdown...
Sahel’s children are facing extreme dangers, desperately need humanitarian help
By Robin Millard: Ten million children in west Africa's central Sahel region are now in "extreme jeopardy" and...
Tunisia: European Parliament lashes out at Tunisian president over his “authoritarian drift”
The European Parliament on Thursday decried Tunisian President Kais Saied's "authoritarian drift" and called for the...
Algeria: MSF criticizes Algeria for mistreatment of migrants
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denounced Thursday the "abandon" of thousands of migrants expelled by Algeria into...
Mali junta cracks down on social media influencers, arrests Rokia Doumbia
