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Tunisian court hands one-year prison sentence to journalist for disclosing data on terrorism

Tunis Court of First Instance Tuesday sentenced a local journalist to one year in prison on charges of disclosing data on a counter-terrorism operation in Kairouan governorate. Khalifa Guesmi, working for Mozaique FM, has been under investigation since March after his arrest and detention following the publication of an article by the media about the […]

Former Comoro Islands President faces life imprisonment for high treason

Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, former President of Comoro Islands, could receive life in prison sentence after Comorian Government Commissioner to the State Security Court requested Thursday the condemnation against him during his trial for high treason. Sambi who ruled the African country between 2006 and 2011 has been since Monday in the box on charges of […]

Egypt: decline in Hermes profits

One of the biggest investment bank in Egypt has reported an 18.8 % decline in its net profit for the first nine months which fell to 232.1 million Egyptian pounds ($38 million) from 286 million pounds. EFG Hermes made this announcement in report of its third quarter consolidated financial results. EFG Hermes said its net […]