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Benin: Policer officer sustains serious injuries in attack by unidentified armed men

Some unidentified armed men have inflicted serious injuries to a policeman in northern Benin, theater of regular fighting between the army and terror groups. The attack occurred Friday in the village of Birni Lafia, in the commune of Karimama, 24 Au Benin reports. The unidentified men assaulted the officer alone. They had reportedly previously planted […]

A ‘Home-Made’ Model for the Economic Integration in the MENA Region

After decades of elusive quest for a common Arab economic space and EU-promoted trials with the fluky Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (EU-MFTA), the economies of the MENA region are facing the challenge of deciding whether to bury or revive the ‘frozen’ regional integration processes. Prior to the events of the Arab Spring, the MENA member […]

RSF Denounces Tunisia’s Crack-down on Journalists Covering Social Protests

Reporters without Borders (RSF) accused Tunisian authorities of harassing journalists covering the anti-austerity protests that have been simmering across Tunisia. In a statement, RSF condemned the Tunisian police for brief detention and interrogation of one reporter and the confisca-tion of another’s phone. Mathieu Galtier, a French reporter for the Paris-based daily Libération, received an unexpected […]