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Rights Watchdogs decry ‘unprecedented’ clampdown on migrants, critics in Tunisia

A constellation of rights watchdogs, including Amnesty International, have condemned the Tunisian regime for its violent crackdown on migrants and for repression against critics, which intensified ahead of the Presidential elections in what was once the Arab Spring success story. In the past few days, Tunisian authorities arrested lawyers and journalists in an “”an unprecedented […]

Egypt: $25,000 Advance Compensation for Families of EgyptAir Flight Victims

EgyptAir announced Monday families of the 66 people who died in the crash of its Flight MS804 will receive each an advance compensation of $25,000, before insurance companies release the rest of the compensation. The victims’ relatives will be able to receive the compensation once a certificate of inheritor has been established, Satwat Mussallam, Head […]

Moroccan Solar Project Unearths Algerian Renewable Energy Program

After the first plant of Noor-Ouarzazate solar complex in Morocco started operating few weeks ago, materializing the country’s efforts to boost renewable energy sources, reduce dependence on fossil fuels and become a green-power leader in the region and the world, neighboring Algeria unearthed its own renewable energy program. At a meeting Monday with some members […]