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Tunisia: Doctors worrying as the health crisis is getting worse

With 626 deaths and 40,542 cases as of October 18, the country’s hospitals are practically saturated and young doctors are often on the front line in the emergency rooms. Last Sunday, near the emergency department of the Rabta hospital in Tunis, a young doctor who wished to remain anonymous is about to go on duty. […]

Sahara: Burkina Faso reaffirms support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, Autonomy Plan

Burkina Faso has reiterated its support for the territorial integrity and national unity of Morocco as well as for the Moroccan autonomy plan, “which constitutes the only credible and realistic solution” for the settlement of the dispute over the Sahara. This came in a joint statement made public following talks the Burkinabe Foreign Minister, Mrs. […]

Egypt: Israel allowed to videotape Morsi’s burial despite media blackout

Egyptian authorities had allowed an Israeli media to cover the burial of ex-President Mohamed Morsi though the local media and supporters of the first democratically elected leader were barred, Middle East Monitor reports. Rawi’i Kyss, a reporter of Israeli state-run broadcaster Kan was allowed to attend the behind closed doors funeral, which took place in […]