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Freedom House: Tunisia’s political rights & civil liberties declining under Pdt Kais Saied

The political rights and civil liberties in Tunisia are deteriorating due to the unilateral actions taken by President Kaïs Saïed, who had dismissed the prime minister, suspended the parliament in 2021 and continued to consolidate power by formally dissolving the parliament in March, said Freedom House. In its latest report “Freedom in the World 2023: […]

Morocco-EU Fisheries Agreement: National Cause Is a Red Line

Morocco made it clear Thursday as negotiations on a new fisheries agreement with the European Union started in Rabat that the national cause is a red line and that the Kingdom’s higher interests, including its territorial integrity, are not negotiable. Aziz Akhannouch, Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries, who chaired the launch of the technical […]

Egypt: Mursi Slams French Military Campaign in Mali

While French troops are treated and greeted in Mali as liberators rather than as foreign occupiers, Egypt’s Islamist president Mohamed Morsi has expressed opposition to France’s military action launched to dislodge the Jihadist fighters linked to Al Qaeda occupying the northern part of the impoverished West African country. “We do not accept at all the […]