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Tunisia: Foreign Minister fired

Tunisian President Kais Saied fired Tuesday his Foreign Minister Othmane Jerandi and replaced him by the country’s current ambassador to Belgium, his office has announced. The office in a statement said Nabil Ammar has been appointed to take over the department from Jerandi. The statement did not provide details on the rationale behind the move, […]

ECOWAS lifts post-coup sanctions on Mali

The community of West African states announced Tuesday the lifting of sanctions on Mali, putting an end to the embargo that had been weighing on the country since the August 18 coup d’état against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. The declaration of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States […]

HRW denounces EU shameful silence over growing erosion of human rights in Tunisia

Human Rights Watch has called on the European Union to break its silence and publicly condemn the deteriorating human rights situation in Tunisia. The EU member states should stop pretending they can satisfy their immediate interests by cozying up with an increasingly repressive leadership in Tunis, said HRW in its latest press release. The Tunisian […]