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Tunisia: The problem of arbitrary practices in TunisiaF

The World Organisation Against Torture on Friday urged Tunisia's President Kais Saied -- who suspended the country's parliamentary democracy in a recent power-grab -- to end "arbitrary practises" and restrictions on freedom. Saied won the presidency in a 2019...

Regimes in Algeria and Tunisia gang up to kill democracy and human rightsF

Algeria-Tunisia: Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours Tunisian opposition politician and media owner Nabil Karoui and his brother, a member of the Tunisian parliament, were arrested by the Algerian authorities during a trip to the Algerian city of Tebessa, on the...

Tunisians confronting uncertaintyF

By Kaouther Larbi: Many people in Sidi Bouzid, the cradle of Tunisia's 2011 revolution that launched the Arab Spring, see President Kais Saied's power grab as a necessary evil. But there are also fears that last month's dismissal of parliament, sacking of the prime...

Libyan’s electricity crisisF

By Hamza Mekouar: Walk down any commercial street in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the pavements will be lined with generators ready to spring into action whenever the mains electricity supply cuts out. In the decade since the NATO-backed overthrow of longtime...

Sahel: As sanctions bite, regime in Mali pledges orderly return to civilian ruleF

Sep 9, 2022

Mali on Tuesday urged African organisations to lift the last sanctions they had imposed after the state underwent two...

Tunisia: Customs agents kill suspected cigarette smuggler as social tensions growF

Sep 8, 2022

Tunisian prosecutors opened an investigation on Thursday into the death of a young suspected cigarette smuggler who...

Tunisia: Three migrants drown off Gabes coastF

Sep 7, 2022

Three irregular migrants drowned off Tunisia's coast after their Europe-bound boat bound sank, authorities in the...

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