Morocco has been elected member of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the UNESCO for a four-year mandate. The election of the Kingdom was made during a meeting held by the UNESCO member countries Sept.8-10 in Paris. Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Sweden, South Korea, Switzerland and Rwanda were also elected new […]
Abir Moussi, leader of Tunisia’s Free Destourian Party, has initiated on February 13 a hunger strike while imprisoned in Manouba, a suburb of Tunis, to protest against what she describes as ill-treatment by the authorities. The move came after Moussi, who has been incarcerated since October 2023, raised concerns about her health and safety. Her […]
Mauritanians are heading to polls this weekend to elect a new president in what is expected to be the West African country’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence from France in 1960. In the capital Nouakchott, where the desert’s vast expanses wash into the capital, tensions are growing after a campaign marred by violence. […]
