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Amsterdam to Dakar Bike Ride: Epic Journey of 68-Year Old Moroccan

Cycling from the Netherlands down to Senegal may be a mission impossible for most people, but not for Moroccan Karim Mosta. He is a cycling enthusiast who loves adventures. Karim, 68, is a two-time winner of the Ultra Marathon World Cup. Despite his age, he rode from Amsterdam all the way to Dakar, a three-month […]

Tunisia escalates political clampdown with second mass trial of opposition figures

In a move widely interpreted as a deepening of Tunisia’s authoritarian drift, the state has opened on Tuesday May 6 a second sweeping trial against 22 opposition figures, accusing them of conspiring against national security. The new trial comes weeks after a separate mass trial jailed nearly 40 people. The proceedings, dubbed Conspiracy Against State […]

Algeria Shuts down Internet to Curb High School Exam Cheating

Algeria shut down internet nationwide to prevent high school students from cheating, after previous massive leaks cast doubt on the credibility of the national education system. Under such an extreme measure, internet will be disabled in the whole country for two hours of each morning as students sit for baccalaureate tests between June 20 and […]