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Algeria wants to jail right activist Zaki Hannache over bogus charge of “apology for terrorism”F

An Algerian court on Thursday charged rights activist Zaki Hannache of "praising terrorism" and spreading "false news" and remanded him into custody, a rights group said. Hannache, 32, was a prominent figure in the Hirak mass protest movement which forced veteran...

Egypt: Russians and Ukrainians tourists stranded in EgyptF

Egypt said Thursday it would look after any Russian and Ukrainian tourists stranded in the country because of flight cancellations stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tourists from countries where air travel has been disrupted would be able to "stay in the...

Morocco: Journalist Soulaimane Raissouni gets five years in prisonF

Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni was jailed Wednesday for five years after appealing his sentence for indecent assault, despite prosecutors seeking a 10-year custodial term, according to an AFP correspondent. The 49-year-old former editor of the now-defunct...

Algeria’s harassment of journalists continues, prosecutors wants more prison time to journalist DrareniF

Algerian prosecutors on Thursday called for harsher penalties against journalist and press freedom activist Khaled Drareni, his lawyer said, after an appeal against his two-year prison sentence. The 41-year-old, who used to work for French news channel TV5 Monde and...

Sahel: Herder-farmer violence claims dozen lives in Chad’s central regionF

Oct 2, 2022

Eleven people were killed in fighting between herders and farmers in central Chad on Friday, a local governor told AFP...

Tunisia: Mayor of Mornag arrested after municipal police seized scales of street vendor who committed suicideF

Sep 26, 2022

Tunisian police on Monday arrested the mayor of a town where a fruit seller committed suicide after his scales were...

Egypt: As it prepares for major climate summit, Egypt criticized for “growing repression of dissent”F

Sep 21, 2022

Egyptian authorities "have continued to stifle freedoms" in the year since launching a national human rights strategy,...

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