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A video of what seems to be officers in civilian clothes beating a naked minor has sparked outrage in Tunisia, two days after a man died after fleeing police custody. Authorities launched investigations Thursday into both incidents which took place in the Tunis...

Tunisian media mogul and former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been hospitalised three days after launching a hunger strike protesting his continued pre-trial detention, a justice official said Tuesday. "The doctor asked that Mr. Karoui be transferred to...

The United Nations on Friday launched an appeal for $617.5 million dollars to help the central African state of Chad meet an escalating humanitarian emergency. Around 5.5 million people -- a third of the  population -- need support for food, health, shelter, clean...

Six teenage girls were killed and 19 others injured in a fire at a juvenile detention centre in the Egyptian capital, officials said Friday. The blaze broke out late Thursday at the building in Al-Marg district on Cairo's northeastern outskirts, a security official...