{"id":2821,"date":"2021-02-25T17:07:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T17:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2021-02-25T17:07:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T17:07:38","slug":"north-africa-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2821","title":{"rendered":"North Africa Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Morroco<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Moroccan government is playing on Europe&#8217;s migration fears to garner support for its claims over Western Sahara. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/orientxxi.info\/magazine\/sahara-occidental-chantage-marocain-a-l-immigration-pour-faire-plier-l-espagne,4478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/orientxxi.info\/magazine\/sahara-occidental-chantage-marocain-a-l-immigration-pour-faire-plier-l-espagne,4478&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614358154163000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEEbp9IRJPsKqdtf4NN1Lw72AJh3w\">orientxxi.info<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Algeria<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Algeria, protests continue despite Covid restrictions in order to mark the anniversary of the Hirak. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/2\/16\/algeria-huge-rally-to-commemorate-protest-movement-anniversary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/2\/16\/algeria-huge-rally-to-commemorate-protest-movement-anniversary&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614358154163000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCQ9-nypzOHCm2gBfP5YZqdYNOtQ\">aljazeera.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Tebboune dissolved the Algerian Parliament on 18 February and called for early partliamentary elections. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2021\/02\/18\/le-president-algerien-dissout-le-parlement-et-appelle-a-des-elections-anticipees_6070460_3212.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2021\/02\/18\/le-president-algerien-dissout-le-parlement-et-appelle-a-des-elections-anticipees_6070460_3212.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614358154163000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3lDExzu_gNVYkb9UnViwp6WXUZQ\">lemonde.fr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These new measures only galvanised popular mobilisation. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elwatan.com\/a-la-une\/les-etudiants-reinvestissent-la-rue-24-02-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.elwatan.com\/a-la-une\/les-etudiants-reinvestissent-la-rue-24-02-2021&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614358154163000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFaf7fREwIWPF92ZtmtTcN_tLNAUw\">elwatan.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Tunisia<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Protests also continued in Tunisia. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/meshkal.org\/?p=1651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/meshkal.org\/?p%3D1651&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614358154163000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFH-sjeTTpYyMWClotP9aI49jKIzg\">meshkal.org<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/02\/05\/tunisia-police-use-violent-tactics-quash-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/02\/05\/tunisia-police-use-violent-tactics-quash-protests&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614358154163000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGZ7iYfdfWfRFEqNv3ZihV5d-pE7A\">hrw.org<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/globalvoices.org\/2021\/01\/19\/tunisias-fight-against-covid-19-unmasks-shaky-ground-for-digital-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/globalvoices.org\/2021\/01\/19\/tunisias-fight-against-covid-19-unmasks-shaky-ground-for-digital-rights\/.&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614358154163000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGyLKp_WvgeNuqZRL65Yjdah77h9g\">globalvoices.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi discusses the legacy of the 2011 revolution and the role of his party. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/tunisia-ghannouchi-democracy-revolution-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/tunisia-ghannouchi-democracy-revolution-interview&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614358154163000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGDPjcnyPLHd9rSb9-Jtn-yJNHBMw\">middleeasteye.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morroco The Moroccan government is playing on Europe&#8217;s migration fears to garner support for its claims over Western Sahara. Read more on orientxxi.info Algeria In Algeria, protests continue despite Covid restrictions in order to mark the anniversary of the Hirak. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2821\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,959,190],"class_list":["post-2821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-algeria","tag-morroco","tag-tunisia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2823,"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions\/2823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}