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Tunisia launches USAID-backed “Visit Tunisia” project

Tunisia’s minister of Tourism kick started Wednesday “Visit Tunisia” project funded by the US development agency USAID to the tune of $50 million. The project is expected to create thousands of jobs. Mohamed Moez Belhassein unveiled the project in the presence of the US envoy to the North African country Donald Bloom, in the Sbeitla […]

Social media exposes Polisario’s human rights violations-official

The era of media-black out in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps is over. The internet and social media have exposed the abhorrent treatment inflicted on thousands of Sahraouis held against their will in the camps in South Western Algeria, said Morocco’s ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale. The Polisario separatists, in connivance with Algeria, turned the […]

U.S. deportation to Africa alarms rights advocates and African leaders

A recent U.S. deportation of five convicted foreign nationals to the African kingdom of Eswatini has ignited outrage among human rights groups and African leaders. The individuals — originally from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen, and Laos — were expelled after their home countries refused to accept them. All five have serious criminal convictions, including murder […]