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Tunisia Extends State of Emergency till June 22

President Beji Caid Essebsi has decided to extend the state of emergency for 3 months beginning this March 23. The state of emergency was imposed after a November suicide bombing against a bus carrying presidential guards and was extended in February. The announcement signals that Tunisia will spend almost half of the current year under […]

Tunisia: 92-year old Essebsi eyes another presidential term

Tunisian President Beji Caïd Essebsi has announced he could run for the 2019 Presidential election in the interest of the country despite his age. The President, in an interview with London-based media al Arab, said he would consider running for this year’s Presidential elections should this benefit his country, known as one the few democracies […]

UN Security Council demands Polisario’s immediate withdrawal from Guerguarat

The UN Security Council Tuesday asked the Polisario separatist front to pull out immediately its forces from the Guerguarat buffer zone, in the southernmost tip of the Sahara, after it ignored another call by the UN Chief earlier this month, le360.ma portal reports citing a UN source. “There was near-unanimity at the Security Council to […]