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Tunisians take to the streets to protest dissolved parliament, other presidential decrees

Hundreds of Tunisians took to the streets Sunday, April 10 in Tunis, for the largest protest against President Kais Saied since he took office. Despite numerous checkpoints and controls, hundreds of people gathered on Bourguiba Avenue, at the call of Islamist Ennahdha party and “Citizens Against the Coup”, a grassroots initiative. The demonstrators demanded the […]

Africa: Eight Moroccans among top 10 African Francophone businesswomen

Eight Moroccans have featured among the top 10 African Francophone leading businesswomen in a ranking established by the renowned Paris-based Jeune Afrique. Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun, leader of the General Confederation of Moroccan Companies (CGEM, employers’ union) tops the ranking.  She received recognition from Jeune Afrique, which reports that the 53-year old woman, who also heads the […]

US: IS celebrates San Bernardino shooting, Muslim community speaks out

The Islamic State group’s adherents Wednesday celebrated the death of 14 people in a shooting in San Bernardino, California, by three gunmen calling the suspects “three lions.” American vocativ media published Thursday posts of IS supporters celebrating the killing of 14 people by three gunmen including a woman. Messages from the adherents flooded the web […]