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Inauguration in Rabat of new headquarters of African Youth Union

The Pan-African Youth Union inaugurated on Monday in Rabat its new Headquarters in presence of Moroccan Minister of Youth Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, the Union’s managers, African ambassadors and representatives of youth ministries from several African countries and international organizations. The transfer of the Union’s headquarters from Sudan to Morocco’s capital city was decided by the […]

Tunisia: Government Pressures Military Court to Dismantle Islamist Party

The Tunisian government has called on the military court to suspend the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir party, deemed radical and a threat to security in the North African country, an official told media on Wednesday. President Caid Essebsi last week went public and asked for banning the party after it threatened “to cut heads and hands […]

Tunisia: Political Deadlock Continues with PM-Designate’s Failure to Win Confidence Vote

The political deadlock in Tunisia is likely to go on for some time after the parliament on Friday rejected, in a confidence vote, the government formed by Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli, an independent who had been proposed by Islamist Ennahda Party. The coalition government formed of independent lawmakers was rejected after over 12 hours of […]