Boualem Sansal: Algeria faces growing calls to release author
The European Parliament has called for the “immediate and unconditional release” of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal who was arrested by...
Press freedom
Newspaper head summoned by Burkina Faso over Mali reporting
Burkina Faso's communications watchdog has summoned the head of the Observateur Paalga newspaper over an article on Mali, according to...
Egypt removes 716 names from its terrorism watchlist
Egypt has removed 716 names from its terrorism watchlist following investigations into their connections with illegal activities, according to TheNewArab....
Moroccan lawmaker bemoans speech restrictions on Palestine
A Moroccan lawmaker has criticised the curtailing of speech on the issue of Palestine within Morocco, according to Africa News...
Morocco: Journalist Hamid Mahdaoui jailed for defamation
Moroccan journalist Hamid Mahdaoui was sentenced to 18 months in prison on a charge of defamation against a government minister...
Algeria suspends press licence of Saudi owned MBC news outlet
Algeria has suspended the operating licence of Saudi Arabia owned MBC outlet Al-Arabiya amid accusations of reporting bias over the...
Sonia Dahmani: Tunisian lawyer sentenced to two years in prison
Sonia Dahmani, a well-known Tunisian lawyer and vocal critic of President Kais Saied, was sentenced to two years in prison...
US watchdog slams Morocco state for journalists’ smear
Morocco’s projected image of itself as being a modern, progressive democracy in the Arab world took a battering recently when...
Mali junta suspends channel TV5 Monde
Mali's ruling junta has suspended French-language channel TV5 Monde for three months on September 11th, according to AFP. They cited...
Tunisia: Union rejects move to silence journalist’s election coverage
Tunisian society continues to hit back at the Saied government’s thirst for authoritarianism, with the most recent display of discontent...
Morocco king frees imprisoned journalists and intellectuals
Three journalists and an intellectual were pardoned and released from prison on July 29 by King Mohammed VI, reports AFP. Known...
Algeria: award-winning novel closes publishing house
On July 17th, Algeria’s Arabic publishing house MIM Edition announced it would be closing its doors following the controversy surrounding...
Tunisia: Judge imposes media ban on presidential candidate
After multiple accusations leveled at Tunisian President Kais Saied of weakening opposition parties through judiciary powers, a Tunisian judge has...
Tunisians rally against government media crackdowns
Across Africa’s Maghreb region media crackdowns have become a common occurrence as leaders - or more accurately dictators – succumb...
43 cases of censorship and Morocco’s rise of repression
As Morocco’s chief of police continues to control the country’s governance and excessive repression of press freedoms, there appears to...
