A Tuareg-led separatist rebel coalition claims a major victory over Mali’s army, saying they had killed and injured dozens of government soldiers and their allied mercenaries from the Wagner group. Following three days of intense fighting in the Tinzaouatene district near the border with Algeria, the rebel movement, the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security […]
Safi Said, a critic of Tunisian President Kais Saied who had initially announced his candidacy for the presidency before withdrawing, was arrested on Tuesday August 20 for illegally crossing the border into Algeria, according to local media reports on Wednesday August 21. The 70-year-old former MP and writer, who was sentenced to four months in […]
The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) on Monday announced that it refuses to take part in the national dialogue according to the formula set out in the Presidential Decree on the creation of the National Advisory Committee for a New Republic and approved a decision to hold a general strike in both the public and […]
