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Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:23:44 GMT
Mauritania: Deadly Atlantic Shipwreck Shows Victims' Desperation, Says UN Refugee Agency
[UN News] News of another deadly shipwreck tragedy off the coast of Mauritania is a clear indication of the desperation people on the move continue to face as they attempt to escape strife, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:21:58 GMT
Algeria: September 7 Presidential Election - Three Candidates in Preliminary List
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Out of sixteen aspiring candidates, only three have fulfilled the conditions set by the organic law related to the electoral system for the upcoming September 7 Presidential election, the president of the National ...

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:09:52 GMT
Egypt: Egypt - Authorities Escalate Attacks On Media Freedom Rounding Up a Journalist and a Cartoonist
[AI London] The Egyptian authorities subjected a journalist and a cartoonist to night-time house raids, enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention within a matter of days signalling an escalation in their crackdown on the right to freedom of expr...

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:16:05 GMT
Tunisia: FTDES Calls for Declaring State of Environmental Emergency in Gulf of Monastir
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (French: FTDES), Thursday, called for declaring a state of environmental emergency in the Gulf of Monastir, following "a recent environmental disaster triggered by the ...

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:47:17 GMT
Tunisia: President Grants Pardon to Persons Convicted of Social Media Related Offences
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- President of the Republic Kais Saied on July 24, 2024, signed a decree granting a special presidential pardon in accordance with Article 99 of the Constitution.

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