Tunisia’s President Béji Caïd Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 93 after he was hospitalized with a severe illness in late June leaving Tunisia in a power vacuum ahead of elections. Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically elected president following the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. A government statement called him one of Tunisia’s […]
Mauritania is set to launch on Wednesday a new global initiative, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI,) meant to improve the management of fisheries and preserve fish stocks. The move comes following the warning of economic affairs minister Sid’Ahmed Raïss who said that “overfishing by foreign boats is threatening our way of life.” Highlighting the dangers […]
The Moroccan Association for Victims’ Rights (AMDV) held a meeting Wednesday in Rabat with members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Kingdom during which it surveyed the actions it takes in defense of victims of sexual assault, by providing them with judicial, psychological and moral support. During this meeting, organized by the Diplomatic Foundation […]
