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Law Criminalizing Violence against Women Enters into Force in Morocco

As soon as a law criminalizing violence against women has entered into force this week, already three complaints were filed by women claiming to have been harassed. The law, passed last February, includes a ban on forced marriage, sexual harassment in public places, and tougher penalties for certain forms of violence. Although it has been […]

Côte d’Ivoire issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Guillaume Soro

Côte d’Ivoire has issued an arrest warrant for presidential candidate Guillaume Soro, a one-time rebel leader and former Prime Minister. Soro, 47, former speaker of the country’s parliament, is accused of attempting to undermine the government, embezzling public funds and laundering money worth more than €2 million. The former Prime Minister was expected in Abidjan, […]

Moody’s downgrades Tunisia’s ratings to B3 with negative outlook

New York-based credit rating agency, Moody’s, Tuesday downgraded Tunisia’s long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer ratings to B3 from B2 with negative outlook.   “Moody’s has also downgraded the Central Bank of Tunisia’s senior unsecured rating to B3 from B2 and the senior unsecured shelf rating to (P)B3 from (P)B2, and maintained the negative outlook. The […]