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Tunisia to free opposition figure after 4 months in jail: lawyerF

A Tunisian judge on Friday ordered the release of opposition figure Chaima Issa four months after her arrest on suspicion of "plotting against state security", her lawyer told AFP. Issa should walk free later in the day unless the prosecution appeals by 5:00 pm (1600...

Tunisia: Train derailment near Msaken kills two, injures 34F

Two people were killed and 34 injured when an overnight passenger train careered off the tracks and overturned in eastern Tunisia on Wednesday, the state-owned SNCFT rail company said. The accident occurred shortly after midnight (2300 GMT) when a train operating...

Tunisia frees journalist held after criticising penal codeF

A Tunisian journalist arrested after criticising a law that criminalises insulting the head of state was released on Thursday, he said after leaving court. Zied El Heni, 59, was kept in custody after being questioned on Tuesday evening over alleged "crimes through...

Spain: Hundreds of migrants rescued at sea as more boats head to the Canary IslandsF

Emergency services in Spain said Thursday they had saved at least 350 migrants in five separate vessels over the last 24 hours off the Canary Islands. These latest operations came the day after at least two people drowned attempting the crossing when another vessel...

Egypt: With 2.2 million births in 2022, president Sisi urges lower birth rateF

Sep 7, 2023

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Tuesday for measures to slow the birthrate in the Arab world's most...

Tunisia: President continues to weaken Islamist party Ennahdha with more arrestsF

Sep 7, 2023

Two leaders of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha have been arrested, the party said Wednesday, in...

Egypt: Four dead in Cairo building collapseF

Sep 7, 2023

A building collapse on Wednesday killed four Egyptians from the same family in a Cairo neighbourhood where a similar...

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