Omar Hilale

Tanzania bans school textbooks for promoting LGBTQ rights

The Tanzanian government has banned a popular series of children’s books from schools on the grounds that they violate local cultural values of the Eastern African country, Nation Africa reports. Education Minister Adolf Mkenda on Monday took aim at “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books, and said the government was monitoring libraries in both […]

Mali adamant on seeing UN peacekeeping leaving by December 31st

Mali has refused to extend the timeline for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to withdraw from the country beyond the deadline of December 31st, as previously agree despite confrontations between the Army and rebels and terrorist groups in the north. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution end of June […]

A Tunisian Jewish Appointed New Tourism Minister

Tunisian Jewish businessman Rene Trabelsi has been appointed new tourism minister in a partial cabinet reshuffle that the Prime Minister Youssef Chahed hopes will add new momentum to the cabinet. Twelve other ministers were appointed but key portfolios such as finance, foreign affairs and the interior were kept unchanged. “This reshuffle is to make the […]