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Morocco Rejects RSF Accusations on Press Freedom Violations in Rif Region

Morocco rejected the accusations by Reporters without Borders (RSF) on press freedom in the Rif region, saying that allegations concerning obstacles to reporters are “biased, unfounded and lacking in credibility and proof.” This came in a statement by the Culture and Communication Ministry in charge of accrediting national and international reporters in the country after […]

Tunisia: Victims of June 2015 IS bloodbath Remembered

Tunisia Monday remembered the victims of the June 2015 attack in Sousse where a militant of the Islamic State (IS) group mowed down 38 people, putting the country’s onetime buzzing tourism further into jeopardy. Minister of tourism Selma Elloumi Rekik and British Foreign Office official Tobias Ellwood laid down flowers in remembrance of the 38 […]

Dozens of civilians killed in April by Malian army & Foreign Troops’ — UN report

At least 50 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and more than 500 arrested during a military operation conducted by Mali’s army and “foreign troops” on 19 April, the United Nations’s peacekeeping mission MINUSMA said in a report published on Wednesday (31 August). The alleged massacre took place on market day in […]