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    Menna Shanab wearing a green and white jersey, smiling in a conference room full of chairs.
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    16 January 2025

    What Stories Are on North African Journalists' Radars in 2025?

    Three stories from Morocco, Algeria and Egypt are anticipated to be major cultural moments in 2025, from Sudan's football surge to Libya's arts renaissance and the region's evolving music scene.

    Nigerian Activist Omoyele Sowore Has Finally Been Released from Prison
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    26 December 2019

    Nigerian Activist Omoyele Sowore Has Finally Been Released from Prison

    The journalist and organizer of the #RevolutionNow protests was released Tuesday once the attorney general ordered his release on bail.

    Moroccan Journalist Jailed for Alleged Abortion Receives Pardon
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    30 September 2019

    Moroccan Journalist Jailed for Alleged Abortion Receives Pardon

    Independent journalist Hajar Raissouni, who received a prison sentence for an alleged abortion that she claimed was a political setup to censor her writing, has been pardoned by the King of Morocco.

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    17 September 2019

    Isha Sesay’s Bold New Book Forces Us to Remember the Chibok Girls, Even If Social Media Has Forgotten

    In 'Beneath the Tamarind Tree' the Sierra-Leonean author offers "the first definitive account" of what took place on the ground following the girls' abduction.

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