Egyptian-UK activist on hunger strike, now ill in prison
AFP reports that British Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has become sick after spending more than 50 days on hunger
Hundreds of Tunisians protested in the small central town of Mazouna on Tuesday after a school wall collapse killed three high school students in the town, AFP reports. Video circulated on social media showed residents blocking roads with burning tires. Tunisia's UGTT trade union confederation called for schools nationwide to go on strike in protest at "the authorities' failure to find real and serious solutions to save public schools".
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