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  • Tunisia's President Kais Saied (left) meeting with the US Defence Secretary in September 2020. Credit: DoD/Lisa Ferdinando.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTunisia

    Don’t let Tunisia’s democracy slip

    By Raed Ben Maaouia
    August 30, 2021
    President Saied’s sacking of the government may be popular, but what Tunisia needs is to strengthen its democracy, not dismantle it. On 17 December ...
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  • Three young men joke with each other to pass the time near the reception site in Assamaka, Niger, soon after being deported from Algeria. Because of COVID-19, all recently returned migrants are held here for a quarantine period of 14 days before being transported to Agadez. Credit: Mariama Diallo/MSF.
    AlgeriaNigerSociety

    “The guards had no compassion”: The migrants abandoned in Niger’s desert

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    May 4, 2021
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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).
    CultureMauritaniaNorth

    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.
    PoliticsSocietyTunisia

    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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  • Human smuggling during COVID-19 has changed.
    AlgeriaCovid-19LibyaMaliNigerSociety

    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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  • Western Sahara's territorial waters. Credit: Thomas Boutreux
    Africa InsidersMorocco

    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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  • Egypt Ethiopia GERD dam
    Africa InsidersEgyptEthiopia

    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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  • AlgeriaEditor's PicksPolitics

    “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.
    GhanaLibyaSociety

    “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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