Several voices mounted to reject a proposed revision of certain provisions of a 2014 law, which governs elections and referendums in Tunisia. The proposal, put forward by a group of deputies to the General Legislation Commission, was submitted with an urgent request for review. In this vein, the National Bureau of the Tunisian General Labor […]
The current Ivorian Minister of Defense was appointed head of government by President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday. He succeeds Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died suddenly on July 8. Since the disappearance of Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Hamed Bakayoko was acting head of government. He now officially takes over the post of Prime Minister while keeping his […]
The Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) has slammed in a recent report Egypt for being the African country with the most journalists in jail. The CPJ deplored that of the 20 journalists behind bars in Egypt, a dozen had not been convicted or sentenced for any crime. “The prolonged imprisonment of Egyptian journalists […]
