Mauritanian Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal in Rabat march 10-2022

Palestinian rights group slams Egypt for “executing” two Palestinian fishermen

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights has laid into Egypt after Egyptian naval force shot at three Palestinians fishermen killing two of them. The fishermen, who were brothers from Gaza, were killed Friday along the Palestinian-Egyptian maritime border after Egyptians forces opened fire on them. “It is clear that there are specific instructions and orders […]

Libya: Sharara oil field will remain shut down until rebels leave, NOC Chief

The head of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) Tuesday said Sharara oil field, the country’s largest with a production capacity of 340,000 barrels per day, will remain shut down until rebels evacuate the oil facility they have been holding since December. “The armed group attempting to hold NOC and Libya’s economic recovery to ransom […]

Tunisia: Managing the Next Phase

October 23rd marks the first anniversary of the election of Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly; the first election since the popular insurrection that brought down the government of President Zine al-Abdine Ben Ali in January 2011and set off the powerful series of events elsewhere in the region that became known as the Arab Spring. The anniversary […]