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In Algeria, journalist Rabah Karèche stays in custody in Tamanrasset. His request for a non permanent launch was rejected by the courts on Tuesday, April 27. The correspondent for the newspaper Liberté was accused on April 19, particularly of spreading false info that might jeopardize public security. Reporters With out Borders calls for his speedy launch.…

Relatives of two Moroccan journalists in preventive detention for several months are worried about their state of health. Omar Radi, an activist known for his commitment to human rights, and Souleimane Raissouni, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Akhbar al-Yaoum, went on a hunger strike two weeks ago to demand a temporary release. Have always denied them. The two journalists are involved in cases of morality and violence that they deny and that their supporters qualify as "political". Today, Souleimane Raissouni's wife,…

In Madagascar, an inter-ministerial decision dated April 22 bans public demonstrations and the broadcasting of several radio and audiovisual programs "which are likely to disrupt public order and security and harm national unity", in the light of a health crisis. This text is more specifically aimed at interactive broadcasts, with telephone interventions from listeners and those containing political debates. No less than nine programs are prohibited from being broadcast by the government as of yesterday, Friday, April…

So in fact what just happened is the coronation of this scary policy, instead of going through the journalistic writings because they did not find anything to complain about, they went to dig into his Facebook page by trying to keep some sincere unlikely things on him. Hamid Saidani, editor-in-chief of Liberté Amelia Tulet .

The series provokes the case of Adji Sarr, the young woman who filed a complaint of rape and death threats against political opponent Ousmane Sonko, which caused a wave of violent and murderous protests across the country in February-March. The CNRA, the audiovisual regulator, called on Sunday, April 18, the producers of the series "for an explanatory session". The producers of the TV series Baline Coumba - who seem to be inspired by the Adji Sarr affair - are called on Sunday afternoon by the National Audiovisual…

The independent Roman daily "Domani" managed, in collaboration with the British newspaper "The Guardian" and the Italian TV channel RAI News, to obtain documents transcribing wiretaps from 2017. These documents are in the possession of the prosecutor's office Trapani, in Sicily, prove the inertia at the Libyan Coast Guard in the face of migrants' shipwrecks in their territorial waters.…

This complaint is actually less to obtain compensation for a defamation, than to prevent the journalist from being able to work and to scare him continuously. Investigative journalists are not necessarily aggressors of established power, but on the contrary they should be allies, especially since they help to clean up the public administration. So we urge the Nigerian authorities on two things: on the need to actually stop the harassment against Moussa Askar, also because he is subject to death…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - With more than two months to go before his term expires, Somalia's outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo seems relentless in his quest to continue in power despite constitutional restrictions and other obstacles to the legal framework. The Constitution strictly allows one to be president for four years, after which he or she can seek a new mandate. The Horn of Africa has no time limits, an indication that one can be president of life until such a time death knocks or he is abdicated. For the…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Bangui authorities to restore access to two Central African news sites, which have been suspended since February last year, by decision of the Minister of Post and Telecommunications. These are the "Corbeaux News" and "Le Tsunami" websites. In a statement dated February 16, which RFI…

Human Rights Watch has published a new report in which it points out that at least eight bloggers who mainly broadcast their production via the Youtube platform have been threatened, arrested or even prosecuted for a year. A poet has also been missing since February last year after being critical. The American NGO Human Rights…