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Sahel: Growing concern over crackdown on media in the SahelF

Thirty media outlets and press freedom groups on Wednesday called for Mali and Burkina Faso's ruling juntas to safeguard journalists in the face of mounting threats. In an open letter published on World Press Freedom Day, the signatories said they were alarmed by...
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Tunisia: UGTT union chief rejects talks with IMF in fear of tough austerity measuresF

Tunisia's largest union on Monday attacked the government's handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail out the North African country as it slides deeper into debt. Tunisia is seeking a bailout package worth nearly $2 billion from the International...
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Egypt: Al Jazeera Journalist Hisham Abdelaziz released from prison as Egypt moves closer to QatarF

The authorities in Egypt have released a journalist with the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network nearly four years after he was detained, the media outlet said. Hisham Abdelaziz, a producer with the  network's Mubasher channel, was arrested in June 2019 after being...
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Morocco ups campaign to capture more migrants crossing seasF

Morocco's navy has intercepted 552 migrants attempting to reach Europe over 10 days in both the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, a military source told state media on Thursday. Morocco in northwest Africa is a transit country for many migrants trying to get to...
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