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Now in charge, Tunisian president faces looming fiscal crisis
Middle East
August 18, 2021
Now in charge, Tunisian president faces looming fiscal crisis
TUNIS, Aug 17 (Reuters) – At the Sidi Bahri market in Tunis, shoppers were pleased with the president’s attacks on…
Fear and hope on Libya’s reopened highway
Middle East
August 13, 2021
Fear and hope on Libya’s reopened highway
SIRTE, Libya, Aug 12 (Reuters) – The green bus rumbling from Benghazi to Tripoli this week was the first to…
Is Morocco’s ‘Arab Spring’ moment finally here?
Middle East
August 13, 2021
Is Morocco’s ‘Arab Spring’ moment finally here?
Earlier this week, hundreds of Moroccans protested the death of Yassine Lekhmidi, a 25-year-old man in the city of Sidi…
To get to Europe, Tunisian migrants turn to ‘self-smuggling’
Middle East
August 11, 2021
To get to Europe, Tunisian migrants turn to ‘self-smuggling’
In a self-made video, posted live on Facebook, young Tunisians on the boat clattering noisily toward the Italian coastline look relaxed, as…
Israel’s top diplomat makes first visit to Morocco since upgrade in ties
Middle East
August 11, 2021
Israel’s top diplomat makes first visit to Morocco since upgrade in ties
JERUSALEM, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid departed for Morocco on Wednesday in what will be the…
Tunisia bans 12 officials from traveling on suspicion of corruption in phosphate
Middle East
August 10, 2021
Tunisia bans 12 officials from traveling on suspicion of corruption in phosphate
TUNIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) – A Tunisian judge on Monday banned 12 officials, including a former minister and lawmaker, from…
Tunisia received 6 million doses of vaccine as donations- president
Middle East
August 3, 2021
Tunisia received 6 million doses of vaccine as donations- president
TUNIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Monday that his country has received six million doses…
Morocco to extend night curfew to limit COVID-19 surge
Middle East
August 3, 2021
Morocco to extend night curfew to limit COVID-19 surge
RABAT, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Morocco will lengthen its night curfew, starting two hours earlier at 9 pm (2000 GMT)…
Libya’s combatants declare key coastroad open
Middle East
July 30, 2021
Libya’s combatants declare key coastroad open
TRIPOLI, July 30 (Reuters) – Libya’s warring sides said on Friday they had reopened the main coastroad across the frontline,…
Tunisian president names new security chief amid crisis
Middle East
July 30, 2021
Tunisian president names new security chief amid crisis
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president has named a new interior minister, in his first major appointment since he froze…