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Tunisia’s Middle Class under Threat

In order to deal with the envisaged decline in state revenues, Tunisia is planning to introduce tax hikes and subsidy cuts in the budget for 2014. Not surprisingly, this unpopular call has already triggered a wave of controversy, while economists agree that all in all the entire draft of the 2014 budget is inevitably facing […]

UNHRC establishes advisory council on gender equality at Morocco’s initiative

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) launched, at the initiative of the Moroccan presidency of this UN body, an Advisory Council on Gender Equality, aimed at providing advice and suggestions on promoting gender equality and parity and helping to mainstream a gender perspective during Morocco’s presidency. This body, the first of its kind, was set […]

Spanish Government to Earmark €10.7 mln to reinforce border Security in Ceuta

The Spanish government has recognized the failure of its border fence policy to stop the flow of migrants to its enclaves in northern Morocco and announced measures amounting to €10.7 million to reinforce border security in Ceuta. The six-meter barbed wire fence could not thwart thousands of migrants from taking the risk of crossing into […]