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Tunisia: Tourism Minister Demands Apology after French MP Called for Boycott

Tunisian Minister of Tourism René Trabelsi has strongly denounced comments made by a French-Jewish MP who called for boycotting Tourism in Tunisia. The French lawmaker, Meyer Habib, from the Union of Democrats and Independents slammed, in a Facebook post, Tunisian President Kais Saied, who reportedly ordered the ministry of sports to launch a probe into […]

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Egypt: MP calls for state boycott of Turkish products

A key member of the Egyptian parliament has tabled a proposal calling for institutional boycott of Turkish products, in response to Ankara’s policy in neighboring Libya that Egypt views as threats to its interests. Tension has recently flared up between Cairo and Ankara after Turkey concluded in November a maritime and security agreement with the […]

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Algeria’s opposition FFS party calls for boycotting Presidential elections

Algeria’s oldest opposition FFS party called for a mainstream boycott of the presidential elections set for April, stressing that it will present no candidate for the bid. “Conditions of democratic, free, fair and transparent elections are absent,” said the FFS national council. The party added that it will not lend support to any candidate in […]