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Tunisia-racism: Sfax court hands five-month suspended sentence to woman for abusing black teacher

A court in the Tunisian city of Sfax has pressed a five-month suspended sentence on a Tunisian woman convicted for abusing a teacher of black skin. This appears as the first court condemnation of a racism case in Tunisia, The National comments. The woman, not identified, reportedly went to the school after her daughter told […]

Again, Algerian state media caught red-handed spreading fake news on iron mine project

Algeria’s state-run news agency APS, along with other public media outlets, has come under renewed criticism after publishing claims that leading US and international media had praised the Gara Djebilet iron ore megaproject. A closer review shows that no such articles exist, and the supposed quotations appear only in Algerian state-controlled outlets. The APS report, […]

Bahrain International Investment Park opens its doors

The business park of 2.5-million-sq-m in Hidd at the Gulf Industry Fair, which opened in Bahrain on Feb 4, is a highlight of business opportunities Bahrain International Investment Park (BIIP) offers. A total number of 105 companies exist at the park out of which 30 were approved of last year, and when in full use […]