human trafficking

Switzerland denies having official Polisario representation

Switzerland denied having in its territories a representation of the Polisario, reducing the Algerian-backed group to its status of a separatist militia serving its paymasters’ regional agenda.   The Polisario does not have a representation in the UN Geneva neither, said Swiss foreign ministry in a note sent to Morocco’s embassy in Berne.   The […]

Tunisia/Covid-19: Contaminations explode after reopening of country

One month after the re-opening of borders, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus has increased tenfold in Tunisia. The Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that it had recorded the first death in the country since June 17. Tunisia, whose economy depends heavily on tourism, had taken early and strict measures […]

Egypt to inaugurate new Suez Canal Aug. 6

The second route to the Suez Canal, a gigantic project announced shortly after the coming to power of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will be inaugurated in Egypt on August 6, President el-Sisi said in a televised address. “The dry digging in the new canal has been 100% completed,” Sisi said, adding that 65% of dredge […]