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Gender Equality Enshrined in Tunisia’s Draft Constitution

Tunisia’s constitutional assembly voted earlier this week to enshrine gender equality in its draft constitution, upholding the country’s status as having one of the Arab world’s most progressive laws on women’s right. The text enshrining the equality between men and women was approved by a large majority of 159 lawmakers out of the 169 who […]

Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah elected ninth president of the African Development Bank Group

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was elected this Thursday President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Sidi Ould Tah will succede Nigerian Akinwumi Adesina at the helm of the AfDB. Tah was elected by the Bank’s Board of Governors, comprising Finance and Economy Ministers or […]

Mauritania: Human rights in midst of presidential election campaign

Amnesty International and 32 local human rights organizations have called on all candidates for this month’s presidential elections in Mauritania to sign a manifesto consisting of 12 commitments to promote and protect human rights in Mauritania. Mauritania’s next president must urgently tackle the country’s poor human rights record by taking a tougher stance against slavery, […]