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Former Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been charged with entering Algeria illegally and sent to jail while awaiting trial. A court in the province of Constantine, in the east of Algeria, ordered that Mr Karoui and his brother, Ghazi, who is an MP, be imprisoned pending prosecution, local media …

Tunisian media mogul and ex-presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been arrested in Algeria for illegally entering the country. Mr Karoui, owner of Nesma TV and leader of the second largest party in parliament Qalb Tounes, was arrested in the city of Tebessa on the Tunisian border together with four others. …