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Algeria: Ruling FLN lawmakers boycott pro-Bouteflika demonstrations on March 2

Several lawmakers and local elected representatives of the ruling Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) have said they will not join the March 2 counter-demonstration aiming to show support for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s candidacy for April 18 elections, Huffpost Algerie reports. The North African country has been rocked for weeks by demonstrations rejecting plans by incumbent […]

Laâyoune, Capital of Moroccan Sahara and Arlington of Texas Become Sister Cities

Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune has signed a twinning agreement with American city Arlington in Texas to bolster cooperation ties between the two cities in several sectors including education, arts, culture, tourism, economy and sustainable development. The twinning agreement was sealed Thursday in Laayoune on the occasion of a visit a delegation of U.S. mayors […]

Tunisia’s Parliament speaker vows good ties with media after ban on the first plenary

Brahim Bouderbala, the new Speaker of Tunisia’s brand new legislature, pledged Monday to re-affirm press freedom and good ties with journalists, even though state banned private and international media outlets to cover the first plenary of lawmakers elected during December 17 unpopular legislatives. Tunisians authorities barred private and international media to the first plenary of […]