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Tunisia pushes for more judicial harassment against the media, arrests journalist Khalifa GuesmiF

A Tunisian appeals court has handed a five-year jail term to a radio journalist for disclosing information about the security services, his lawyer said Tuesday. Khalifa Guesmi of the private Mosaique FM radio station had appealed a one-year jail term handed down in...
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Podcast: The Fleecing of Libya: Billions of Dollars Missing and Everyone is at FaultF

In the post-Gaddafi era, corruption in Libya is endemic and metastasized. The culture of corruption is so ubiquitous and widespread that Transparency International ranks Libya third before last in the MENA region, doing only better than Syria and Yemen. In this...
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Mali: Government of Mali confronted with accusations of “summary executions, rape and torture”F

The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday.  The figures by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) amount to the worst...
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Egyptians struggle with Cleoptra’s skin colorF

An Egyptian archaeologist on Wednesday released a documentary on the life of Cleopatra, the same day Netflix began streaming a controversial production depicting the ancient queen as black. For weeks, pundits and officials in Egypt have reacted angrily to streaming...
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