Morrocan Sahara: Kingdom of Bahrain Opens Consulate General in Laayoune

The Kingdom of Bahrain on Monday opened in Laayoune a consulate general, the 10th diplomatic representation inaugurated in the city in one year. The inauguration ceremony was chaired by minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, and his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. Bahrain becomes the tenth country to […]

Tunisia: French Called to be on Guard

The French embassy in Tunisia has called on French citizens to watch out following Tunisian president’s extension of the state of emergency for three further months. President Caid Essebsi Tuesday extended for three additional months the state of emergency decreed since November last year following the killing for 12 members of his guard. Tunisia was […]

Algeria cracks down on labor unions

The Algerian government, the civilian façade of the military regime, has ordered the prohibition of strikes by all labor unions in the latest blow to civil liberties in the country. Prime minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane has made public an anti-constitutional decree that bans striking across the public sector and the tiny private sector in the state-dominated […]