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Egypt the Least Gender-Friendly Country in the MENA Region

According to the “gender” survey of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the position of women has deteriorated throughout the region of North Africa and Middle East since the onset of the Arab Spring. Out of 22 survey countries, three – Egypt, Yemen and Syria – found themselves at the bottom of the ranking despite being involved […]

Tunisia: Phosphate companies begin operating again, protests suspended

Sit-in protests at several phosphate mining and production sites have temporarily ended after protesters agree to negotiate with authorities on their demands. The protesters are mainly local youths demanding to be employed. Their sit-ins have affected the sector because production has been blocked in four towns in the country’s main phosphate-producing region and in some […]

UN group finger points Algeria, Polisario for human rights violations in Tindouf camps

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has finger pointed Algeria and the Polisario for the abuses and violations of freedoms and human rights in the Tindouf camps. The group’s condemnation came following a complaint lodged by Sahrawi dissident El Fadel Mohamed Breica against the Algerian state for kidnapping, torture, forcible confinement and illegal […]