The broadcast media are either dominated by the state or reflect the official line. Independent media and journalists can be harassed and persecuted, says...
Tag - North Africa
The Kingdom of Morocco is the most westerly of the North African countries known as the Maghreb – “the West”. It has Atlantic and...
South Sudan’s men have made history by qualifying for this year’s Basketball World Cup – becoming the first African nation to qualify at...
Saad Lamjarred, a star Moroccan singer, has been found guilty of raping a young woman in France and sentenced to six years in prison. Lamjarred, 37, showed no...
“This is the question that everyone always asks!” But before Harrison Kingston answers it, he has a caveat. There is no ‘cheat’ code...
Amira Bouraoui, a key leader of 2019 mass protests that brought down Algeria’s president, has escaped to France, sparking a diplomatic row. A doctor by...
The Algerian media are less free and less diverse than in some other North African countries. The authorities have blocked websites and detained journalists...
African football’s governing body, the Confederation of African Football (Caf), has launched an investigation into political remarks made by Nelson...
In our series of letters from African journalists, Magdi Abdelhadi looks at what the jailing of a prominent journalist says about where power really lies in...
