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Senegal: Senior official dismissed after comments on the conditions of women

Senegalese President Macky Sall has fired a senior official who caused waves by publicly denouncing, on International Women’s Day, as “nonsense” traditions such as the ban on women working or shaking hands with men. The president has “terminated the functions of Mr. Papa Amadou Sarr, Delegate General for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth” (DER/FJ), […]

Tunisian PM designate: We are running out of time

Prime Minister designate Habib Essid seems convinced that the newly formed cabinet will get the vote of confidence from the parliament as he signaled that “we have no more time to lose, we are in a race against the clock.” The Ennahda Islamist party has finally joined the cabinet where it is holding a ministerial […]

Moroccan court dissolves Airline Pilots’ Association feuding with RAM

A Moroccan court Wednesday ordered the breakup of the Moroccan Airline Pilots’ Association (AMPL), which has been in conflict with the national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) for months. The ruling was issued by Casablanca’s court of first instance following a lawsuit filed by RAM in September against the AMPL accused of violating the association […]