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Tunisia: Nidaa Tounes Loses 31 MPs, Parliament Majority

The 31 members of the ruling Nidaa Tounes party have finally decided to quit the party on Sunday after suspending their membership. All efforts, including those of President Beji Cadi Essebsi, to keep them within the party proved fruitless.  The head of the 31 deputies, Bochra Belhaj Hmida, said the group will be resigning from […]

Tunisia: Nabil Karoui to sue people behind smear campaign in connection to lobbying firm

The party of presidential hopeful, currently in prison on money laundering charges, has pledged to sue people behind the revelation that the businessman signed a $1 million-deal with a Canada-based lobbying firm to promote his candidacy.   In a statement, Heart of Tunisia debunked Dickens & Maddison’s alleged lobby contract with Nabil Karoui.   “There […]

Burkina Faso tops list of 7 African countries with ‘most neglected displacement crises’ — report

For the first time, Burkina Faso, plagued by jihadist violence since 2015, tops the list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises, according to a new report from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). This is also caused by the redirection of aid and attention towards Ukraine, which has increased neglect of some of the world’s […]