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Lebanon: Hariri Puts Resignation on Hold Pending Negotiations

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accepted to put on hold his announced resignation pending new negotiations after President Michel Aoun asked him to do so. “I presented today my resignation to President Aoun and he urged me to wait before offering it and to hold onto it for more dialogue about its reasons and […]

Men in uniform protest in Algeria’s streets as crisis worsens

As civilian and peaceful pro-democracy hirak protest gain traction, Algeria’s fire fighters joined the wave of dissent and resentment against an inefficient government that acts as a curtain for a corrupt military regime holding the country with an iron fist. Hundreds of firefighters in their uniform took to the street to demand better wages and […]

Tunisia closes two media for operating without license

Tunisia’s media regulator, HAICA, Wednesday shut down two media outlets for operating without license, Business News reports. The HAICA, the media says, has seized equipment belonging to the private television Nessma TV and radio Radio Coran in line with the code of conduct article 116 of media in the North African country. The new seizure […]