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Africans fear heightened racism in Algeria following showdown with Sahel states

Africans in Algeria, who have often been stigmatized, fear heightened racism amid tensions between the Algerian regime and its Sahel neighbors. Algeria’s social media is awash with Afrophobia and anti-migrant sentiment with a surge in calls for hostile acts against Sub-Saharans, who already suffer from degrading treatment in Algeria. Anti-migrant sentiment was stoked when Algeria […]

Tunisian Court imposes gag order on media reports on ongoing cases of “plots against State security”

The spokesman of Tunis Court of appeal Habib Torkhani confirmed Thursday the decision by the judge of counter-terrorism Court to ban media coverage of an investigation into “plotting against State security” cases in which several political figures have been arrested. The first investigating judge of office no. 36 of the court’s department for Combating Terrorism […]

Tanzania doubles its FDI inflows to over $1bn in 3Q, reflecting investor confidence

Tanzania’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) figures went up almost twofold year-on-year to $1.05 billion between July and September against $524.4 million in the same period last year, a positive development that is widely attributed to growing investor confidence in the East African country. Released by the state-run Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) in its quarterly bulletin […]