Unrest Bound

Libya’s media professionals face censorship, intimidation and threatsF

By Hamza Mekouar - A decade after the fall of Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi and the end of his regime's stranglehold on information, hopes for a free media remain a mirage. With the 2011 uprising followed by a long and often violent transition, media professionals...

Tunisian youth in permanent fear of repressionF

By Caroline Nelly Perrot - Hamza Nasri, a young Tunisian activist, hit the streets as part of anti-government protests in recent months. Now he says he is under police watch and afraid for his friends. "I've moved house three times in recent months. I've stopped...

Tunisia counts its losses from the Jasmine RevolutionF

Tunisia's government has finally given an official toll of 129 dead and 634 injured in its 2011 revolution, in what an independent body called "a strong signal" of a democratic transition. The tally, long demanded by victims' families, was published late Friday on the...

Algeria expels Moroccan farmers from its territory, courtesy Western Sahara crisisF

NAJ | 19 March 2021: The Algerian authorities have issued an ultimatum to Moroccan farmers working of the Laaroda Oasis palm grove, located in Beni Ouenif, province of Bechar. The ultimatum was to leave the region by 18 March. AFP reported that the withdrawal happened...

Algeria arrests opposition figure Fethi GharesF

Algeria arrests opposition figure Fethi GharesF

Jul 1, 2021

Algerian authorities arrested the head of an opposition party for allegedly insulting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune...

Morocco: Jailed journalist Soulaimane Raissouni in critical conditionF

Morocco: Jailed journalist Soulaimane Raissouni in critical conditionF

Jun 22, 2021

A detained Moroccan journalist is "close to death" 76 days into a hunger strike, his family said as his trial resumed...

Migrant crisis: 3,000 mostly Moroccan migrants still inside Spain’s CeutaF

Migrant crisis: 3,000 mostly Moroccan migrants still inside Spain’s CeutaF

Jun 22, 2021

A month after more than 10,000 people surged across the Moroccan border into Ceuta, around 3,000 of them are still...

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