Algeria’s culture minister Meriem Merdaci announced her resignation following a deadly stampede at a concert in Algiers in which five people died and dozens were injured. The resignation was accepted by Algeria’s interim president Abdelkader Bensalah after the accident that highlights Algeria’s lack of experience in smoothly managing crowds. An investigation has been […]
More than 1000 women marched in the streets in Tunis Saturday to demand equal inheritance rights for both sexes following a debate that left the Tunisian society divided. The current Tunisian inheritance law is based on Islamic jurisprudence, which grants women half of what it gives men in inheritance, while making men financially responsible for […]
France reiterated Friday in New York its support for the Moroccan autonomy plan as a “serious and credible” basis to reach a political solution to the Sahara issue. “France considers the Moroccan autonomy plan of 2007 as a serious and credible basis” for the settlement of this dispute, said the Permanent Representative of France to […]
