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COVID-19: Tunisia decrees nationwide curfew as pandemic spirals out of control

Tunisia Tuesday announced nationwide curfew from 8pm to 5am local time from July 1st as part of the efforts to stem the continuing spread of the covid-19 disease, as the World Health Organization (WHO) sounds the alarms over the pandemic situation in the North African country. Tunisia, which at one time appeared to control the […]

UK launches sovereignty talks with Mauritius over Chagos Islands

The United Kingdom and Mauritius have begun talks on the sovereignty of the disputed Chagos archipelago, the Mauritian prime minister announced Sunday, January1. “The latest developments on the Chagos issue are very encouraging. Negotiations between Mauritius and Britain have begun,” Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said in a New Year address. Mauritius claims the remote archipelago […]

Algeria Rejects Pro-Morocco Spanish Ambassador

In a move that shows that hostility to Morocco remains a guiding line in Algeria’s foreign policy, Algerian authorities have refused to accept the nomination of the new Spanish Ambassador in Algiers José Maria Ridao because he is deemed “too close to Morocco.” Ridao, Spain’s former ambassador to the Unesco, is an intellectual close to […]