Tunisia: Government Pressures Military Court to Dismantle Islamist Party

The Tunisian government has called on the military court to suspend the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir party, deemed radical and a threat to security in the North African country, an official told media on Wednesday. President Caid Essebsi last week went public and asked for banning the party after it threatened “to cut heads and hands […]

Morocco, Tunisia, Japan pool efforts to valorize bio-resources

Morocco, Tunisia, and Japan are pooling efforts to valorize bio-resources in North Africa. In this connection, the three countries held a seminar in Rabat on the collaborative research and technical cooperation project on “the scientific development of biological resources in arid and semi-arid areas for the creation of a new industry.” Funded by the Japan […]

Algeria’s Tebboune downplays failure to join BRICS

Algeria’s president Tebboune downplayed his failure to join the BRICS, which admitted other African and Asian countries as new members. Tebboune spoke with certainty two years ago promising his people to join the BRICS group, much to his disappointment when the grouping admitted Egypt and Ethiopia along with Iran the UAE and Saudi Arabic, but […]