Mauritania
Human rights | Science - Education | Culture - Arts
Mauritanian students protest Arabisation
afrol News, 16 April - Police in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott used teargas and batons to disperse a student march protesting the Arabisation of the city's university. At least 30 students were arrested.
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Somalia
Culture - Arts | Media | Society
Music again banned in Mogadishu
afrol News, 9 April - The Somali insurgent group, Hisbul Islam, this week imposed oppressive edicts on the radio stations in Mogadishu, especially those based in the areas under their control. Music has again been banned.
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Algeria | Morocco
Human rights | Society | Culture - Arts
Berber languages "threatened in Morocco, Algeria"
afrol News, 31 March - A new report about the world's most threatened languages especially highlights the languages of the indigenous Berber people in Morocco and Algeria. Despite constituting around 50 percent of the population, their languages have been discriminated against and ignored.
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