Mauritania
AfDB grants $30 million facility to Mauritania’s GBM
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $30 million trade finance facility for the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie
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Tunisia
Tunisian opposition party calls for judicial independence, return to constitutional life
In a statement released Wednesday, the National Salvation Front, Tunisia’s largest opposition coalition, said that the recent “show trials”
Algeria
Algeria jails historian who questioned Amazigh culture
An Algerian court has sentenced historian Mohamed Amine Belghit to five years in prison for offending national symbols, his lawyer
Morocco
Former president of Moroccan football club gets five-year sentence for fraud
Mohamed Boudrika, a parliamentarian who was president of Raja Casablanca football club between 2012 and 2016 has been sentenced to
Tunisia
Tunisian lawyer gets extra sentence for migrant remarks
A Tunisian court has sentenced lawyer and political commentator Sonia Dahmani to an additional two years in prison for remarks
Algeria
France urges Algeria to pardon jailed writer Sansal
France is appealing to Algeria to pardon acclaimed author Boualem Sansal, after an Algerian appeals court upheld his five-year sentence
Algeria
Algeria seeks longer jail term for writer Sansal
Algeria’s prosecutor general has appealed for a 10-year prison sentence for Boualem Sansal, doubling his initial five-year term handed
Tunisia
Tunisia jails opposition leader Sahbi Atig for 15 Years
A Tunisian court sentenced Sahbi Atig, a senior figure in the opposition Ennahda party, to 15 years in prison for
Tunisia
Tunisia sentences exiled ex-president to 22 years
A Tunis court has sentenced former president Moncef Marzouki to 22 years in prison in absentia for terrorism-related charges, according
Algeria
French Algerian woman ordered to leave France in 48 hours
A 58-year-old French Algerian woman, living in France since 1993, was detained at a Paris airport and given 48 hours
Algeria
Algeria launches terror probe after self-immolation protest
Algerian prosecutors said Tuesday they are investigating a June 1 self-immolation outside Algiers' justice ministry as a potential terror-linked
Algeria
Activists turn to EU to push for release of Sansal from Algeria
The campaign to free Boualem Sansal, a prominent French-Algerian novelist imprisoned in Algeria, has shifted from Paris to Brussels. The
Morocco
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI issues Eid pardon to 1,526 people
On Eid Al-Adha, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI issued a pardon to 1,526 people sentenced by various Moroccan courts.