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Jailed Tunisian opposition leader launches hunger strike

Rached Ghannouchi, the jailed leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party Ennahdha, started a hunger strike Monday, the Islamist party

Editors Feb 19, 2024

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Tunisia extends state of national emergency- detains prominent journalist

Tunisia began 2024 with a further extension of its state of national emergency until January 31st. It comes after an

Editors Jan 2, 2024

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New Russian “African military corps” to take over from Wagner

According to French media, Moscow is preparing an “African military corps” to take over from the Wagner group. A Russian

Editors Dec 19, 2023

North Africa

The End of the G5 Sahel alliance

This week the two remaining members of West Africa’s G5 Sahel alliance said they will be dissolving the anti-rebel

Editors Dec 19, 2023

Egypt

Were Egyptians really interested in their Presidential elections

Egyptians have shown little interest in the presidential elections December 10-12th amid a difficult economic crisis and a conflict involving

Editors Dec 16, 2023

North Africa

Former Mauritanian President gets five years on corruption conviction

On December 5th a Mauritanian court sentenced former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to five years in prison on

Editors Dec 16, 2023

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Algerian President gets his allies in place ahead of elections

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has replaced Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane with a close personal ally. The announcement comes roughly a

Editors Dec 1, 2023