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South Sudan fuel tax blocks vital UN trucks

South Sudan has held up UN fuel trucks over a tax dispute, leaving scores facing aid shortages in the country where three quarters of the population risks famine. The trucks were denied entry at a border passage with Uganda until the tax is paid, despite earlier assurances from the South Sudanese government that UN aid […]

Tunisia: National Salvation Front supporters begin open sit-in

Supporters of the Tunisian National Salvation Front have decided to start an open sit-in at the headquarters of the Al-Irada party in Tunis from this Monday, to demand the release of all political detainees, said the Front’s president Nejib Chebbi. Speaking at a press conference, Chebbi was quoted by TAP news agency as saying that […]

Unemployment Haunts Young Algerians

One in four Algerians remain unemployed in an economy undermined by over dependence on oil and gas revenues and bleak political prospects. Official data speak of an unemployment rate of 11.1% in March of 2018 but economists consider the scale of joblessness to be higher than that. Among the youth aged under 36, the unemployment […]