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Algeria urged to do more coronavirus tests

Algeria is not doing enough tests, which makes it hard to assess the scale of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, head of Pasteur Institute in Algeria and doctors said. The North African country conducts 400 tests daily for a population of some 37 million people. It has so far confirmed 5558 cases with a […]

Tunisia: Nidaa Tounes weathering as 31 MPs resign

After deciding last Wednesday to suspend their membership in Nidaa Tounes, the 31 members of parliament (MP) on Monday resigned from the party and vowed to form an independent group “to protest the non-democratic way in which the party has been managed” said Hassouna Nasfi, one of the protesting deputies. The resignation will reduce the […]

Mauritania: Guantanamo inmate returns back home after a 13 year detention

The US defence department announced Thursday they repatriated a Mauritanian national who had been held at the US notorious prison of Guantanamo for 13 years. Although the former detainee, Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, was cleared in 2010, he was kept in detention after he protested against mistreatment. “The United States coordinated with the Government of […]