A Tunis court has jailed 66-year-old Saadia Mosbah, who leads a migrant rights and anti-racism group called Mnemty, which is a civil society organisation addressing issues linked to racism in Tunisia. Her sentencing comes nearly two years after her arrest in May 2024. Tunisian authorities under President Kais Saied have intensified a crackdown on dissent with courts upholding convictions against activists, which critics describe as an escalating crackdown on civil society voices.
Also, do you know exactly how space technology works, and what progress in the sector would mean for Africa’s future? We speak to Temidayo Oniosun, Managing Director of Space in Africa, a marketing intelligence firm for the continent’s space sector to learn more.
Presenter : Nkechi Ogbonna
Producers: Keikantse Shumba and Daniel Dadzie
Technical Producer: Mbarak Abdallah
Senior Producer: Bella Twine
Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla
