Corporate Council On Africa

Algeria: Lawyers join popular mass protests, decry unlawful interference in their profession

The Algerian lawyers have joined the popular mass protest movement rocking their country, demanding a civilian democratic state and denouncing the wrongful interference of the rulers who are undermining the independence of legal profession. The Union of attorneys started on Sunday a five-day protest movement which will continue by the bar associations of Tizi Ouzou, […]

Tunisia files extradition from France of Ben Ali’s brother-in-law

Tunisian authorities have officially demanded France to extradite Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of deposed and exiled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Tunisian Justice ministry in a statement on Saturday said it asked the foreign ministry to demand Belhassen’s deportation from France, in line with bilateral agreements between the two countries. Belhassen on the run […]

COVID-19: Health emergency extended in Morocco until September 10

The government Council, held Tuesday in Rabat, has decided to extend the state of health emergency across the national territory until Friday Sept. 10, 2021, as part of efforts aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was made during the weekly meeting of the Government Council held in Rabat. “As part […]