ECOWAS

Tunisia: Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to run for September snap Presidential elections

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will be the candidate of the recently created Tahya Tounes party at the presidential elections to take place on September 15 after the death of head of state Beiji Caid Essebsi who passed away last week. The Party’s Secretary General, Selim Azzabi, made the announcement Wednesday, few days after Tunisians […]

19th Meeting of 5+5 Initiative Defense Ministers takes part in Lisbon with Morocco’s participation

The 19th meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the member countries of the 5+5 Initiative, held this year under the presidency of Portugal, took place in Lisbon on Wednesday with the participation of Minister Delegate in charge of National Defense Administration, Abdellatif Loudiyi. The meeting, attended by ten ministers from Western Mediterranean countries, provided […]

The 70% rule, not American exceptionalism leads to US’s ‘best soccer ever played’

Two of the World Cup’s Round of 16 teams received the homecoming reserved for champions, even though they exited with the final week of the tournament remaining be played. Algeria’s Desert Foxes and Team USA shook the international soccer landscape with their unexpected performances before leaving, though. American team leader Tim Howard tweeted: “We’re playing […]