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Tunisia: Court hands one month in jail to man for smoking during Ramadan

A Tunisian man has been handed one month-in-jail sentence Monday for smoking, during the holy month of Ramadan. The man was seen smoking outside a courthouse in Bizerte by a court official who informed the police, a prosecution official told news agency AFP. The court gave the man 10 days to appeal otherwise the ruling […]

Côte d’Ivoire: Ban of public demonstrations until September 15

Demonstrations on public roads are suspended until September 15. The announcement was made in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday August 19, two months before the presidential election. The ban is the consequence of the deadly violence that marred ome demonstrations last week. It was made under the state of emergency in force in Côte […]

Repeated Attacks Could Close down Key Hospital in Eastern Libya – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly condemned an armed attack in Al Jala Hospital in Libya’s second-largest city of Benghazi, which took place on Tuesday, warning that further assaults could shutter the key facility. Although nobody was reported killed, WHO said that there had been panic among patients and health workers inside the hospital, […]