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Five years later, Tunisians don’t feel “change” of 2011 revolution

January 14 is a day of remembrance for Tunisia, which is celebrating this year the fifth anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s departure from the country and the zenith of its revolution. Despite the ongoing security threats in the country, thousands of Tunisians on Thursday flocked en masse to Tunis’ city centre, parading about […]

Morocco: MPs adopt bill legalizing use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes

The House of Representatives adopted, on Wednesday the bill legalizing the use of cannabis for medical purposes. The text on “the legal uses of cannabis, medical, cosmetic and industrial”, was adopted by the House of Representatives with 119 votes for and 48 against. The deputies of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), at the head […]

Tunisia- Instalingo case: Rached Ghannouchi leaves interrogation scot-free

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the Islamist Ennahdha movement, Tunisia’s largest political forces, was let free Thursday, after his interrogation in a court in the city of Sousse, in connection to an investigation into “Instalingo” case in which he is suspected of calling for an armed uprising against President Kais Saied. Ghannouchi was set free […]