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Algeria calls for direct negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front

09/06/2022 | Society / Institutions

WESTERN SAHARA. On a visit to Algeria, Staffan de Mistura visited the Tindouf camps, met with the Secretary General of the Polisario Front and the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs to try to make progress on the Western Sahara issue.

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The Human Rights Committee finds Madrid guilty of violating the political rights of Catalan separatists

09/01/2022 | Society / Institutions

SPAIN. According to the UN Human Rights Committee, the Spanish state "violated' the political rights of former Catalan leaders by suspending them from political office after Catalonia's 2017 secession attempt.

Kaïs Saïed plays double or nothing with his referendum on the new Tunisian constitution

07/22/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. After one year of total control of the country by Kaïs Saïed, Tunisians will be able to express themselves in the ballot box by pronouncing themselves for or against the project of a new constitution.

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UN blames Israeli occupation for Israeli-Palestinian conflict

06/09/2022 | Society / Institutions

ISRAEL / PALESTINE. A commission of enquiry mandated by the UN Human Rights Council has issued a report attributing to Israel the majority of the responsibility for the conflict with the Palestinians.

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Tunisian president takes control of the judiciary

02/15/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. Kaïs Saïed promulgated the decree confirming the dissolution of the Superior Council of the Magistracy and announced the creation of a new temporary body.

EU protests to WTO against arbitrary import registration system in Egypt

01/27/2022 | Society / Institutions

EU / EGYPT. The European Commission has decided to refer the matter to the World Trade Organisation to protest against the import registration system applied by Egypt.

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Tel Aviv named most expensive city in the world

12/07/2021 | Society / Institutions

ISRAEL. Tel Aviv dethrones Paris and becomes the most expensive city in the world in 2021 according to the study published annually by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

The socio-economic consequences of Covid-19 have a greater impact on already vulnerable populations

11/23/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. A report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warns of "the enormous socio-economic impact of Covid-19", particularly in Spain, Lebanon and Turkey.

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The humanitarian situation in Syria makes the political process of normalisation urgent

09/30/2021 | Society / Institutions

SYRIA. The humanitarian crisis in Syria is becoming increasingly worrying as the political process of normalisation is slow to get underway after a decade of conflict.

Tunisia prolongs its break from democracy

08/24/2021 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. The President of the Tunisian Republic announced the publication of a decree extending "until further notice" the freezing of the Parliament.

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Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots meet around the same table

04/29/2021 | Society / Institutions

CYPRUS. Four years after the failure of the last talks, the representatives of the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, meet in Switzerland to discuss their differences.

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Christian Graeff: "The has-beens are now out of the game in Libya"

04/09/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. In an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info, Christian Graeff, French ambassador to Libya from 1982 to 1985, gives a less than optimistic assessment of the future of this country torn apart by its divisions for ten years. The ninety-seven year old diplomat however gives the keys to avoid a "Syrianization" of Libya.

The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns

04/07/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. Libya has entered a new era since Fayez Al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar finally decided to throw in the towel. Their withdrawals have allowed for the emergence of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and a new interim governance. Part 1/5

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Libyan Political Dialogue Forum opens door to national elections

01/21/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum has approved the mechanism for selecting the executive branch of government to enable national elections to be held at the end of December 2021.

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Slovakia's Ján Kubiš takes over as head of the United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNMISL)

01/19/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. António Guterres, UN Secretary General, appoints Slovak Ján Kubiš as Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya.

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Inquiry into the Question of Western Sahara Part 1/3: The Political Equation. Western Sahara, a conflict sandbagged in its contradictions

12/16/2020 | Society / Institutions

Violation of the ceasefire signed in 1991, recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara by the United States, events have accelerated in recent days on the issue of the status of this territory unresolved since the end of the Spanish protectorate.

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UN underlines the involvement of the Libyan parties in the implementation of the ceasefire

11/05/2020 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. Meeting from 2 to 4 November 2020 in Ghadames for a joint military commission, the various Libyan parties made progress on the preparation of the future of Libya.

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Libyan belligerents sign permanent national ceasefire agreement

10/23/2020 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. After almost ten years of conflict, negotiations organised under the aegis of the UN in Geneva have led to the signing of a permanent ceasefire agreement in Libya which regulates, at least, the military chapter.

UN denounces war crimes in Idlib

07/08/2020 | Society / Institutions

SYRIA. The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria has documented dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Idlib region.

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Protest against a fifth term for Abdelaziz Bouteflika recruits more and more demonstrators

03/08/2019 | Society / Institutions

ALGERIA. The demonstrations against the new candidacy of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, still hospitalized in Geneva, are gathering more and more participants as the government tries to justify a fifth term as the only solution to avoid chaos.