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Tunisia’s Parliament speaker vows good ties with media after ban on the first plenary

Brahim Bouderbala, the new Speaker of Tunisia’s brand new legislature, pledged Monday to re-affirm press freedom and good ties with journalists, even though state banned private and international media outlets to cover the first plenary of lawmakers elected during December 17 unpopular legislatives. Tunisians authorities barred private and international media to the first plenary of […]

UN forum on African descent demands urgent slavery reparation

A recently-held UN forum on African descent urged urgent action to compensate Africa and the African diaspora for the enduring legacies of colonialism, enslavement, apartheid and genocide between the 16th and 19th centuries. The forum brought together governments, civil society and regional organizations who discussed in New York the elaboration of a system to compensate […]

At Least 180 Illegal Migrants Storm into Ceuta

Over 180 illegal migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa broke into the six-meter fence surrounding the Spanish-occupied city in northern Morocco, Ceuta. Images broadcasted in the media show the migrants sprinting over the border from the Moroccan side Monday, in the early morning before sunrise. The migrants who reached Ceuta were eventually rounded up and taken to […]