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Morocco to Fight Unemployment

Two years after the promise of the government to fight unemployment, the “Moubadara” project has been launched. The project opens opportunities for long-term jobless graduates to be employed in non-governmental sector or in the TAETIR mentoring program, both of which will start operating as of 2014. Part of the effort is also the expansion of […]

Tunisia: UGTT says targeted by authorities for refusing to endorse ongoing national dialogue

Noureddine Taboubi, Secretary General of Tunisia’s powerful labor union UGTT, revealed Thursday that the organization is being targeted by the government after it returned down President Kais Saied’s proposal to be part of the national dialogue expected to discuss a new Constitution for a new Republic. Taboubi did not reveal further details about the harassment […]

Libya: Demonstrations flare up against political deadlock, deteriorating living conditions

Demonstrations were staged Friday in several Libyan cities in protest against the political deadlock and the deteriorating living conditions in the country. Protesters demanded that all existing political bodies be dissolved and presidential and parliamentary elections be held as soon as possible. According to local and foreign media, the demonstrators also protested against the deteriorating […]