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Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to FranceF

Algerian authorities have placed four people in pre-trial detention over the "illegal" departure of wanted French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, prosecutors said Tuesday. A prisoners' rights group said Bouraoui's 71-year-old mother had also been detained but later...
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Egyptian Coptic Christians who were kidnapped in Libya are still detained in an illegal immigration centerF

Egypt's government said Friday it was "working around the clock" to secure the release of six Egyptian Coptic Christians who were kidnapped in conflict-ravaged Libya. "The six Egyptians are detained in an illegal immigration centre in western Libya," the foreign...
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Morocco: Inflation exceeds 8%, unions protest economic hardship, defy government’s ban on marchesF

Moroccan trade union activists protested Sunday in the capital Rabat and other cities to denounce surging costs of food and fuel, defying a government ban against marches. Protesters from the Democratic Labour Confederation (CDT) staged rallies outside their offices...
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Algeria arrests analyst Raouf Farrah, keeps elderly mother of opposition figure under court supervisionF

The mother of prominent French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui has been released from custody but remains under court supervision, a rights group said Monday, a week after her arrest.  Bouraoui had been banned from leaving Algeria after being sentenced to two years...
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