Prominent journalist, Ihsane El Kadi, was sentenced to three years in prison by an Algerian court, on Sunday (April 2) for “foreign financing of his business”, reported AFP. The case has been criticised by rights groups for months now, as many have urged Algeria to lift “unacceptable” restrictions on his media outlets.
An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced to death 10 Islamist militants found guilty of terror-related charges, a judicial source said. The men, charged with "leading a group known as the Helwan Brigades", were found guilty of having committed acts of terror, including opening fire at a police vehicle, the judicial source told AFP. Subject to appeal, the verdicts drew
Tunisia’s president says he is waging a war on speculators hoarding food, but his new decree-law also includes an article that forbids the spreading of “false news and information” about food shortages and the supply chain.