The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Algerian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release veteran columnist Saad Bouakba, who was arrested on November 27 for comments on independence war. He is facing charges of defaming late President Ahmed Ben Bella. Bouakba was arrested in Algiers after Mahdia Ben Bella, daughter of Algeria’s first […]
Libya’s former envoy to the UAE has thrown his support behind Khalifa Haftar’s unpopular military campaigns in Libya. Aref Al-Nayed has aligned himself with the military approach noting that it is the only solution to restore Libya’s sovereignty, The Libyan Express reports. “The army led by Haftar is going to bring back Libya’s sovereignty as […]
The Tunisian Ministry of Justice has ordered the arrest of a public service worker accused of offending President Kais Saied in multiple social media posts, Webdo Tunis reports. The defendant, who has not been identified, lives in the city of Sidi Bouzid. The court of First Instant of the city ordered his arrest on the […]
