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Japanese Premier to be absent at TICAD 8 summit in Tunisia

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will miss the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) summit planned to take place late this month in Tunis, after the Japanese state-run news Kyodo News announced he contracted COVID-19. Kishida tested positive to the virus on Sunday at the end of his summer break. He, commenced working […]

Tunisia: State of Emergency Sparks Fears over Freedom Restrictions

One week after Tunisia beach terror attacks in Sousse which claimed the lives of 38 foreign tourists, including 30 Britons, Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi has declared a 30-day state of emergency, raising concerns of human rights activists. The state of emergency gives the army and police more authority and powers. According to a decree […]

Instability Poses Serious Danger to Libya’s World Heritage Sites, UNESCO says

The raging civil war in Libya and the presence of extremist fighters in the vicinity of historical sites are posing a serious danger to the North African Country’s World Heritage Sites, says the UNESCO. The UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has placed five World Heritage sites of Libya on the List of World Heritage in Danger […]