Tunisian President Kais Saied has intensified his confrontation with the country’s most powerful labor organization, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), in a move that analysts warn could further erode Tunisia’s democratic institutions and deepen its political crisis. The UGTT, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for its role in Tunisia’s post-revolution democratic transition, has called […]
Libya held the United Nations Security Council Libya Sanctions Committee responsible for the growing threat of the Islamic State in the country but U.N’s special envoy to Libya claimed that the failure to reach a national unity government has limited U.N’s role. Libya’s Ambassador to the U.N Ibrahim Dabbashi told the Security Council that the […]
An Algerian court Tuesday sentenced several nationals from Liberia, Mali and Guinea for their involvement in espionage operations for Israel, Anadolu Agency reported. A Liberian national of Lebanese origin was handed death sentence. Seven other defendants from Mali and Guinea were given 10 years in jail each for espionage for Israel, the Turkish news agency […]
