Polls by several media and polling firms predict, after the first round of the presidential election held Sunday in Tunisia, a face-off between Kais Saied, a law professor, and Nabil Karoui, a media mogul detained on money laundering charges. Kais Saied, the surprise of the voting process, is credited with 19.5 per cent of the […]
Princess Lalla Salma, spouse of King Mohammed VI, received in the Portuguese city of Estoril the ‘Tribute Award’ of the third Bal de la Riviera in recognition of her initiatives to fight and prevent cancer. The distinction was handed to Princess Lalla Salma in her quality as Chairwoman of the Lalla Salma Foundation for Cancer […]
At least a hundred individuals were abducted by armed separatists in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon before the legislative and municipal elections of Feb.9, revealed Human Rights Watch (HRW), which accused the soldiers of “new abuses”. “Armed separatists (…) kidnapped over 100 people, burned property, and threatened voters in the run-up to the elections,” the […]
