Education Moroccan lecturers in ‘sex for good marks’ trials Rabat – Four Moroccan university lecturers appeared in court on Tuesday accused of trading good grades for sexual favours,... Read more 8 Dec, 2021
Business Algeria pledges $100m to Palestinians Algiers – Algeria’s president Abdelmadjid Tebboune pledged $100 million in aid to the Palestinians, as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas visited... Read more 7 Dec, 2021
Business Libya central banks to reunite after 7-year split Tripoli – Libya’s rival central banks said on Monday they had reached a reunification deal, seven years after they divided... Read more 7 Dec, 2021
Business Tunisian president sacks two consuls, orders financial audits Tunis – The Tunisian presidency on Sunday dismissed the country’s consuls in Paris and Milan and ordered financial audits at... Read more 6 Dec, 2021
Opinion Tunisia unions demand ‘roadmap’ to end state of exception Tunis – Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union confederation demanded a “national dialogue” and a “roadmap” out of a state of... Read more 5 Dec, 2021
Coronavirus Tunisia records first case of Omicron variant Tunis – Tunisia recorded its first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a Congolese man who... Read more 4 Dec, 2021
Politics Tunisia’s Saied moves revolution anniversary Tunis – Tunisia’s president Kais Saied said on Thursday he would move the official anniversary of the country’s revolution, a... Read more 3 Dec, 2021
Politics Libya court reinstates Gaddafi’s son as presidential candidate Tripol – A Libyan court on Thursday reinstated Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, as a... Read more 2 Dec, 2021
Business Morocco border closure spells doom for tourism sector Rabat – Moroccan tourism operators are facing potential ruin after the country abruptly shut its borders over the Omicron... Read more 2 Dec, 2021
Arts and Leisure Tunisia women mix beats and break taboos Tunis – Fouchika Junior adjusts her headphones, flicks a slider and seamlessly drops the next tune: one of Tunisia’s... Read more 2 Dec, 2021