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Tunisia: Kais Saied sacks 57 judges in fresh purge

Tunisian President Kais Saied Wednesday sacked 57 judges as part of what he claims efforts to purge the judiciary system that he accuses of corruption. He had amended the Decree on the temporary supreme judicial council, empowering him to remove judges under specific conditions. A decree read on the state-run television announced the sacking of […]

Egypt Condemns UN Comments on Death Verdicts

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned the comments issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, regarding the latest death verdicts in the North African nation. An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 prominent members and affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to death, as part of a mass trial that included 739 […]

Ecuador inaugurates its embassy in Rabat, the first in the Maghreb

Ecuador inaugurated on Friday an Embassy in Rabat, its first diplomatic mission in the Maghreb region, at a ceremony attended by Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Gabriela Sommerfeld, and her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. During the inauguration ceremony, Sommerfeld stated that the opening of the embassy marks the beginning of a new era of dynamism in Morocco-Ecuador […]