Algeria has arrested independent journalist Ihsane El Kadi and shut down his Radio M, in a move that was decried by international media and free speech watchdogs. Reporters Without Borders, the international media freedom group, condemned El-Kadi’s arrest and called on the authorities to “respect the work of the media in the country”. El Kadi […]
Mahamat Charfadine Margui, Chad’s Minister of Public Security, banned Wednesday a demonstration planned this Thursday December 28 by a political party in front of the French military base in the country. The sit-in, called for by Le Front Populaire pour la Fédération [Popular Front for the Federation], is illegal because it does not abide by […]
Tunisian civil society organizations have sounded the alarm about the precarious situation of Sub-Saharan migrants in Sfax, in southeastern Tunisia, calling for urgent intervention to assist this vulnerable group. Approximately 500 migrants, including women and children, have gathered at Beb Jebli, the central square of the city of Sfax, amid a rise in violence against […]
