Hundreds demonstrated in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, on Saturday calling for the release of Abir Moussi, a critic of President Kais Saied. Who has been jailed for more than a year.
Moussi, 49, heads the Free Destourian Party, which critics accuse of seeking to restore the iron-fisted rule that Tunisians overthrew in the Arab Spring protests of 2011.
According to AFP journalists, demonstrators shouted, "freedom for Abir" and "we are opponents, not traitors" at the gathering in central Tunis.
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Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, a Tunisian opposition figure arrested in February 2023 on state conspiracy charges, has begun a hunger strike,
According to reporting by Africa Intelligence, while France's army in Senegal is due to leave the country by
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