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Tunisian government in crisis amid exploding Covid-19 casesF

Tunisia's government stumbled deeper into crisis on Wednesday over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after premier Hichem Mechichi fired the health minister amid skyrocketing cases in the North African country. Mechichi, whose office had announced Faouzi...
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Morocco punishes journalist Omar Radi, sentences him to six years in prisonF

By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: A Moroccan court on Monday sentenced journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi to six years in jail on charges of espionage and rape, stirring condemnation from rights groups.  Radi's trial opened in June last year, just days after rights...
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Under pressure, Egypt releases from prison six activistsF

By Mona Salem Egypt on Sunday freed six activists including journalist Esraa Abdel-Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 revolution, just days after Washington warned Cairo over a crackdown on rights activists. Since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2014, the...
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Burkina Faso: Quarter million people forced to abandon their homes so far this yearF

More than 237,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes in the past six months in Burkina Faso, a country facing deadly jihadist attacks, bringing the total number of displaced to more than 1.3 million, the government has announced.  A government spokesman...
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