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Young Algerians cry foul over internet censorship

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Young Algerians cry foul over what they're calling censorship of the internet. Meanwhile, 16 months after Tunisia's Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted, the government still has a number of thorny issues to tackle. Finally, Morocco sees an influx of French-born professionals returning to their roots, looking for opportunities in the birthplace of their parents.

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western sahara and france media

by Anonyme - 12/07/2012 - 00:05

no comment ,that france 24 live will refuse, to deal any news about western sahara, so we feel sort too much, because every thing changed in the french generation except that nigatif's media opposition, are there no independent french's journalists born since 1975 to 1990?.
as one of the western sahara I'm a wonderful of such this media no comment.
how we can understand that france media could be following a little issue in all the region and no asnnounce one issue about this case, if the french media spoke about western sahara becomes embassed? so we thought that actual media generation qualificated in the france's universities, and high training centres look to western sahara by the moroccan's eyes.
in fact western sahara people in french's media eye could not change? this media joined during both times(war and peace) in western sahara the despute conflict with morocco, joined moroccan to break the human rights and asoaling, abused, through all qualities of againts human rights.
our new generation in western sahara will be wittniss of this really.

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