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Mauritania: Private Newspapers Go off to Protest Difficult Work Conditions

Mauritania’s main stream private newspapers have chosen to go off on Wednesday in a move to denounce unbearable work conditions coupled with authorities’ tight grip on private media, reports say. The Wednesday action is undertaken “to protest against the situation of deep crisis that Mauritanian private newspapers are stranded in,” said Sy Mamadou, Chief Editor […]

Egypt: $25,000 Advance Compensation for Families of EgyptAir Flight Victims

EgyptAir announced Monday families of the 66 people who died in the crash of its Flight MS804 will receive each an advance compensation of $25,000, before insurance companies release the rest of the compensation. The victims’ relatives will be able to receive the compensation once a certificate of inheritor has been established, Satwat Mussallam, Head […]

Egypt demands UN Security Council reform, calls for end to exclusive veto powers

Egypt has called for sweeping reforms to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), arguing that the veto system has become untenable in today’s fractured world. The call was launched by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in his address at the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia on Tuesday, September 3. Abdelatty said the council must either […]