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OIC hails Palestine-Vatican ties, Israel wants negotiations to resume

A comprehensive agreement signed by Palestine and the Holy See has been applauded by Iyad Ameen Madani, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). During the signing ceremony, Vatican’s foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher hoped that the agreement will serve as a “stimulus to bringing a definitive end to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which continues […]

Sudan disbands ex-ruling party

Sudan’s transitional authorities on Thursday approved a law to “dismantle” the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir, including the dissolution of his political party and confiscation of all its properties. Bashir and his Islamist National Congress Party (NCP) had ruled Sudan since 1989 before a nationwide protest movement resulted in him being deposed earlier this […]

Corruption Puts Tunisia’s Transition at Risk- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Despite the remarkable progress in installing democratic political solutions witnessed in Tunisia since deposing President Ben Ali, the country continues to suffer from rampant corruption putting its democratic transition at risk, said the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in a recent analysis Dubbed “Tunisia’s Corruption Contagion: A Transition at Risk”, the analysis notes that corruption […]