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Tunisian President Calls for Inheritance Equality between Men and Women

Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi said that time is up to amend the Tunisian inheritance law in order to guarantee equality between men and women. Speaking on the occasion of the national Women’s Day, the Tunisian President explained that the current law, derived from the Sharia granting women half men’s share in inheritance, should be […]

Morocco slams HRW report as biased

Morocco deplored the bias shown by Human Rights Watch in its annual report in which it sidelined with separatists and ignored facts on the ground. The International rights watchdog has derailed from the principles of impartiality which were supposed to underpin its work, the interministerial body in charge of human rights said. HRW has also […]

Egypt recoups 40 illegally smuggled artefacts from Germany

Germany returned Monday to Egypt 40 ancient Egyptian statuettes after they had been stolen and illegally smuggled out of the country, “Ahram Online” reports citing an official. Shaaban Abdel-Gawad, the supervisor-general of antiquities repatriation indicated to the media artefacts consists of 40 ushabti statuettes seized by German customs at Frankfurt Airport in 2020. According to […]