Eight years after the popular uprising that ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian are back to the streets again as the government and its powerful workers’ union have failed to reach a deal to raise the wages for about 670,000 civil servants. Although praised for its relatively peaceful transition to democracy, Tunisia is still […]
Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, in pre-trial detention since June in a case of alleged corruption, was admitted Wednesday night to the military hospital in Nouakchott for “urgent care,” one of his lawyers announced Thursday. Ould Abdelaziz, who led Mauritania from 2008 to 2019, “has been transferred to this hospital for urgent care (…) […]
Libya’s approved Government of National Accord (GNA) Monday received a major endorsement from 24 Libya municipalities which threw their support behind Serraj-led government. The 24 municipalities among which cities of Sabratha near Tripoli, Zintan, Al-Baida, Misrata, traveled to Tunis where they stood in support of the GNA. Hosting the meeting, Head of UNSMIL Martin Kobler […]
