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Gender Equality Enshrined in Tunisia’s Draft Constitution

Tunisia’s constitutional assembly voted earlier this week to enshrine gender equality in its draft constitution, upholding the country’s status as having one of the Arab world’s most progressive laws on women’s right. The text enshrining the equality between men and women was approved by a large majority of 159 lawmakers out of the 169 who […]

Morocco: BCIJ arrests ISIS supporter in coordination with intelligence services and U.S. law enforcement agencies

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) arrested a 24-year-old ISIS supporter in Sale, Rabat’s twin city, Thursday. The suspect was plotting terror acts across Morocco and had connections with another ISIS member, the BCIJ said in a statement released Friday evening. This arrest is the result of bilateral cooperation relations and close coordination between […]

Sudan’s two rival generals clashes for power reignite fears of civil war

The United Nations, the African Union, the United States and the European Union have called for a ceasefire in Sudan as the capital of Khartoum was bombarded for the past few days in deadly fighting between rival military factions that threatens to derail the nation’s transition from autocracy to civilian rule. Tensions that have been […]