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Nebil Baffoun, former Chief of Tunisia’s independent electoral body (ISIE) has been banned from leaving the territory – a move he slammed as “nonsense”. Baffoun in a Saturday Facebook post indicated that he received an offer from international organization for a mission in Mauritania but he realized that he has been banned from traveling. “I […]
Morocco will ban travelers coming from China to enter its soil following the “alarming” spike in COVID-19 cases in the Asian country, the foreign ministry announced in a statement. The decision will enter into force starting January 3, 2023 and will last until further notice. The statement issued on Saturday said “all travelers arriving from […]
Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, leader of “Citoyens contre le coup d’Etat” [Citizens against the Coup d’Etat], a movement opposed to President Kais Saied’s July 25 exceptional measures, has indicated that he has been banned from leaving the country. Mbarek on his facebook account did not reveal the rationale behind authorities’ move. The politician and activist is […]
Former cabinet members of sacked Prime Minster Hichem Mechichi are at the target of a travel ban, the ministry of Justice has said amid ongoing sweeping changes carried out by President Kais Saied. Mohsen Daly, spokesman of Tunis court of first instance told local Shem FM, the move comes amid corruption and power abuse allegations. […]
The Moroccan Government has extended the night curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. instead of 11 p.m. to 4.30 a.m. and banned travel to and from the cities of Casablanca, Marrakech, and Agadir, part of a series of tightened measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in view of the considerable increase […]
Mauritania’s national security directorate (DGSN) has seized the passport of former leader Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, who is being investigated for state funds embezzlement and mismanagement when he led the country between 2008 and 2019. Summoned to show up in the offices of the DGSN, on August 17, Abdelaziz was kept in custody till Monday Aug.24. […]
Morocco has decided Sunday night to shut down eight cities preventing exit and access, in a new restrictive measure that would last 14 days according to Health Minister Khaled Ait Taleb. On Sunday, the announcement was made six hours before the new lockdown of the cities with higher infections was implemented causing a rush and […]
As Morocco has recorded a surge in coronavirus cases in several prefectures and provinces, in recent days, it has been decided to ban from Sunday midnight travel to and from eight major cities. These are Tangier, Tetouan, Fez, Meknes, Casablanca, Berrechid, Settat and Marrakech, said Sunday a joint statement by the ministries of the Interior […]
South Korea Tuesday forbade 26 of its citizens to travel to the North African country as part of a blanket travel ban on the North African country that it believes is unsafe following the abduction of one Korean technician kidnapped in July alongside several Filipino workers. The 26 citizens reportedly requested Seoul’s approval to travel […]
Egyptian and Russian Foreign affairs ministers on Monday discussed bilateral and regional issues in Cairo including the resumption of flights between Russia and the North African nation. Moscow suspended passenger flights to Egypt, in the wake of the crash of a Russian jet in Egypt in November 2015. A group affiliated with Islamic State has […]