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COVID-19: Morocco extends state of health emergency until October 10

The Moroccan government Council, held Wednesday in Rabat, has decided to extend the state of health emergency until October 10, 2020, as part of efforts aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council adopted the draft decree extending the state of health emergency throughout the national territory from Thursday, September 10 at […]

Tunisia backpedals to autocracy

Tunisia has long been hailed as an Arab Spring success story in terms of democratic reform. But on the back of economic hurdles, Tunisia’s freely elected President is burning the ladder that brought him to power tightening his power grab, idling elected institutions and cracking down on dissent. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have […]

Tunisia removed from FATF blacklist

Tunisia was officially removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist, Premier Youssef Chahed tweeted. The FATF decided Friday as part of a plenary meeting (October 16-18 in Paris), to delist Tunisia and said the Tunisian government met its commitments to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, Chahed further said, according to Tunisian news […]