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Tunisia: Night curfew extended through DecemberF

Tunisia on Sunday extended a night-time curfew until the end of the year in a bid to tackle spiking novel coronavirus cases, amid growing discontent and anti-government protests in the North African country. Following a meeting of its anti-coronavirus taskforce, the...

Algeria: Iconic opposition activist Karim Tabbou gets one-year suspended sentenceF

Algerian opposition activist Karim Tabbou, a key figure in anti-government protests last year, was given a one-year suspended sentence on Monday for "undermining national security", one of his lawyers said.   A court in Kolea, near Algiers, also ordered Tabbou to pay...

Egypt: French President Macron fails to confront Sisi on Egypt’s human rights abusesF

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday rejected criticism of his close ties with visiting Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, saying that to take a tougher line on respect for human rights would be "counterproductive". Macron hosted Sisi, whom he referred to...

Tunisia: Uproar in Tunisia after doctor dies in elevator accident in Jendouba hospitalF

Hundreds of medics protested in Tunisia on Friday after a young doctor died in a hospital elevator accident in the country's northwest. Badreddedine Aloui, 27, plunged to his death Thursday down an elevator shaft after the lift doors opened but with no elevator in...

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