Abdallah Morsi

Tunisia: UN places 26 citizens, 3 organizations on terror list

The UN has placed on its terror blacklist 26 Tunisian citizens and 3 organizations following an update of the list of people connected to terrorism around the world. The UN Security Council sanction committee Wednesday reviewed the list and placed the Tunisians and the organizations on its backlist. Head of the national counter-terrorism commission, Mokhtar […]

Burundi: Four human rights activists arrested before takeoff at Bujumbura airport

Burundi’s authorities have detained four human rights activists about to fly from Bujumbura airport to Uganda for a conference. Audace Havyarimana, legal representative of the Association for Peace and the Promotion of Human Rights; Sylvana Inamahoro, the group’s executive director; Sonia Ndikumasabo, president of the Association of Women Lawyers of Burundi; and Marie Emerusabe, the […]

Morocco Targets 12 mln Tourists in 2018 & 15 mln in 2020

Morocco is preparing a new strategy to lure more tourists with the target of receiving 12 million tourists in 2018 and 15 million in 2020. After closing 2017 with a record number of 11.35 million tourists visiting the country, that is a 10% rise compared to the previous year, the tourism ministry will unveil a […]