Sudan peace deal with rebel groups aug 31 2020

CPJ calls on Algerian authorities to release veteran journalist Saad Bouakba

The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Algerian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release veteran columnist Saad Bouakba, who was arrested on November 27 for comments on independence war. He is facing charges of defaming late President Ahmed Ben Bella. Bouakba was arrested in Algiers after Mahdia Ben Bella, daughter of Algeria’s first […]

Tunisia: Calls for the release of French researcher Victor Dupont

Despite ongoing diplomatic efforts, French researcher Victor Dupont, who was arrested on October 19 in Tunisia, remains in custody, and his friends and colleagues at Aix-Marseille University have now launched a petition demanding his release. Three weeks after his arrest, negotiations with Tunisian authorities have yet to yield results, and frustration is mounting among Dupont’s […]

Morocco readies to take over rotating chair of PA-UfM Bureau

Morocco will take over the rotating chairmanship of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) during the upcoming General Assembly slated for Dec.3- 4 in Brussels. The Bureau of the PA-UfM is currently chaired by the European Parliament. It is tasked with coordinating activities of the Assembly. It consists […]