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    The seven African governments using Israeli cyberespionage tools

    By Suraya Dadoo
    February 23, 2021
    A recent report detected several government agencies using Circles’ platforms to snoop on texts, calls and locate private individuals. As internet penetration and smartphone ...
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  • maghreb queer film A shot from Raja Amari’s Al Dowaha (Buried Secrets).
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    Silence and skin: Depicting queerness in Maghrebian films

    By Gibson Ncube
    January 26, 2021
    Unable to represent queerness explicitly, films from the Maghreb employ more subtle and muted techniques. In the Maghreb region, as in many African countries, ...
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  • Tunisians mark Martyrs' Day in Tunis on 9 April 2013 to demand justice for victims of the 2011 revolution. Credit: Magharebia.
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    The Tunisian Revolution’s young dreams are unfulfilled but unforgotten

    By Tharwa Boulifi
    January 14, 2021
    Ten years on, many hopes have been crushed. But there is a new generation of Tunisians raised on the values of the revolution.  I ...
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    How has human smuggling changed under COVID-19?

    By Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo
    May 6, 2020
    Concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, many smugglers, armed groups and communities are imposing their own restrictions on movement. Read all our COVID-19 ...
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    Africa Insiders: Morocco slowly tightens its grip on Western Sahara

    By Africa Insiders
    February 6, 2020
    The essentials: Morocco’s parliament has passed two laws that formalise the annexation of Western Saharan territorial waters. While this does not present a fundamental ...
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    Africa Insiders: Egypt finds itself downstream without a paddle

    By Africa Insiders
    January 15, 2020
    The essentials: Egypt and Ethiopia failed again to find a compromise on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive construction project on Ethiopia’s ...
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    “Nothing will fall from the sky”: Algeria’s Revolution marches on – Photo Essay

    By Sabri Benalycherif
    December 18, 2019
    In February 2019, Algerians took to the streets in the country’s largest demonstrations since independence. This began a movement, known as Hirak or the ...
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  • Kaye, one of thousands of Ghanaian migrants in Libya. Credit: Hans Lucht.
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    “Here we have no life”: The migrant workers persevering in Libya

    By Hans Lucht
    December 17, 2019
    Despite the risks, the plan for Ghanaian workers in Libya is straightforward. Survive, earn, return. Before Kaye and his crew of Ghanaian migrant workers ...
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    Refugees: Rwanda helps hundreds, but thousands more languish in Libya

    By Sophie Neiman
    November 7, 2019
    International policy towards refugees tends to ignore root causes and often makes humanitarian crises worse. In the last month or so, nearly 200 refugees ...
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    Africa Insiders: In Egypt, protests return to the streets

    By Africa Insiders
    October 10, 2019
    The essentials: Seven years after the revolution and five years after the military coup that brought President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to power, another wave ...
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