North Africa: Maghreb countries perform poorly on Press Freedom Index

Maghreb countries rank low in the newest Press Freedom Index, a worldwide annual report issued by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The 2008 report, made public on October 22nd and entitled "Only Peace Protects Freedoms in post-9/11 world", places Tunisia 143rd out of 173 countries. Although showing modest improvement, moving up two places, Tunisia is still the region's second-worst after Libya (ranked 154th).