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Algeria sentences journalist Ihsane El-Kadi to 5 years in prison on charges of receiving foreign funds

A court in Algeria on Sunday sentenced Ihsane El-Kadi, a prominent journalist in the country, to five years in prison, accusing him of receiving foreign funds with an aim to threaten state security. In addition, the court ruled that Interface Media, which operates the news website Maghreb Emergent and Radio M station, be dissolved and […]

Guinea-Bissau: president dissolves parliament after ‘coup attempt’, fresh elections planned

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the nation’s opposition-dominated parliament ahead of fresh elections and shortly after armed clashes in the capital Bissau that he describes as an “attempted coup d’état” and which plunged the small West African nation into yet another crisis. “The date of the next legislative elections will be set at […]

Morocco-Libya: Joint consular meeting planned in coming days

Morocco and Libya will hold in the coming days a joint consular meeting to address the issues of Libyan and Moroccan nationals living in both countries. The announcement was made by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita during a joint press conference held Wednesday in Rabat with vice-president of the Libyan presidential council Abdallah Al-Lafi. Talks […]