''Jeune Afrique'' (English: ''Young Africa'') is a French-language pan-African weekly

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, founded in 1960 in Tunis and subsequently published in

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. It is the most widely read pan-African magazine. It is also a book publisher, under the imprint "Les Éditions du Jaguar". Starting in 2000, ''Jeune Afrique'' has also maintained a news website.

History and profile

''Jeune Afrique'' was co-founded by Béchir Ben Yahmed and other Tunisian intellectuals in Tunis on 17 October 1960. The founders of the weekly moved to

due to strict censorship imposed during the presidency of

Habib Bourgiba Habib Bourguiba (; ar, الحبيب بورقيبة, al-Ḥabīb Būrqībah; 3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from 1956 to 1957 as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tu ...

. The magazine covers African political, economic and cultural spheres, with an emphasis on Francophone Africa and the Maghreb. From 2000 (issue 2040) to early 2006 (issue 2354), the magazine went by the name ''Jeune Afrique L'intelligent''. ''Jeune Afrique'' is published by ''Groupe Jeune Afrique'', which also publishes the monthly French-language lifestyle magazine ''

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'', the bimonthly French-language newsmagazine ''

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'', and the monthly English-language news magazine '' The Africa Report''. The headquarters of the magazine in Paris has been attacked in France two times, once, in 1986, and the other time, in January 1987. Responsibility for the latter attack was claimed by the French nationalist

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. The magazine has an edition published for Tunisia, which has been suspended several times for covering sensitive news concerning the country. For instance, from July 1984 to January 1985 it was banned in the country. In June 1989 the magazine was also banned in

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. During this period, it had a circulation of around 13,000 copies in the country.

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