Tunisian media mogul and ex-presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been arrested in Algeria for illegally entering the country.
Mr Karoui, who owns Nesma TV, was arrested in the city of Tebessa on the Tunisian border together with four others including his brother Ghazi who is a member of parliament.
Mr Karoul is also leader of the second largest party in parliament Qalb Tounes (the heart of Tunisia).
In 2019 he was arrested in Tunisia during his presidential campaign – which current president Kais Saied won in a runoff with a landslide – and put in custody for more than six months.
He still is under investigation for money laundering and tax evasion after being released in June. He denies the allegations.
He is expected to appear before an Algerian court on Monday.
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Nigerian state shuts markets over attacks
Ishaq Khalid
BBC News, Abuja
Authorities in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara have banned some economic activities in a bid to tackle armed criminal gangs carrying out killings, kidnappings for ransom and cattle theft.
The state government has announced the closure of all weekly markets and restricted the use of motorbikes from dusk to dawn.
It has also banned the transportation of livestock outside the state while those bringing them in must be investigated to determine the “genuineness” of the livestock.
The weekly open-air markets are usually operated in rural areas where people gather to transact on basic goods including food items, livestock, farm inputs and textiles.
The authorities have also ordered petrol stations not to sell more than 10,000 naira ($24; £18) worth of fuel (equivalent of about 61 litres) to commercial drivers at a given time.
The authorities believe the armed gangs take advantage of these economic activities to facilitate their violent attacks on communities.
Nigeria is grappling with a worsening wave of killings and mass kidnappings for ransom by gunmen – and the authorities, communities and families appear to be taking desperate measures in the face of the crisis.
