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Libya : UN Security Council resolution hoping to end violence

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has passed a resolution seeking for a ceasefire in Libya; threatening sanctions against those involved in the violence and further tightened an arms embargo by demanding advance approval of any sale or transfer of arms to the country. Libya’s ambassador to the UN, Ibrahim Dabbashi, called for wise and careful […]

El Othmani ignites the forbidden abortion topic in Morocco

El Othmani, number 2 of Justice and Development Party in Morocco revealed in an interview that he will side with a bill in favour of abortion in some cases in Morocco. Abortion is a forbidden topic in Morocco, a country with a deep rooted Islamic civilisation. El Othmani, a psychiatric by profession, Chairman of the […]

Constitutional referendum in Algeria, people’s strong message of regime rejection

The Algerian people has sent a strong message of regime rejection by abstaining from a plebiscite on constitutional reform which had only a turnout of 23.7%, Algeria’s lowest ever for a major poll.   The snub from the November 1 constitutional referendum, coupled with the worrying state of health of the President, plunges Algeria into […]