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Tunisia: Kais Saied paves way for his re-election with repression

As Tunisia braces for presidential elections in December 2024, a fog of repression looms over the country that was once the Arab Spring’s success story before it backpedaled to autocracy under a president intent on staying in power. President Kais Saied destroyed the democracy ladder that brought him to power starting a gradual power grab […]

Food Security in Africa: Microsoft, OCP Africa pool efforts to support smallholder farmers

Microsoft, through its Africa Transformation Office, and Morocco’s OCP Africa announced at the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), held in Doha, March 5-9, a partnership to support smallholder farmers and other stakeholders across Africa by 2025. OCP Africa, an African company that provides fertilizer solutions tailored to local conditions and […]

Tindouf Camps: Sequestered Sahrawis Demand UN Protection against Polisario Repression

A group of sixty Sahrawis of the Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, staged lately a sit-in in front of the Headquarters of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to demand the protection of the United Nations against the oppression and tyranny of the Polisario militiamen.   The protesters, who gathered outside UNHCR headquarters on June 13, […]