Western Sahara hunger striker refuses to end protest (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A Western Sahara activist vowed Monday to continue a three-week hunger strike at a Spanish airport to demand Morocco allows her to return home, despite pressure from Spanish authorities.
Tunisia: Chamber of Deputies’ Debates On 2010 Draft State Budget Start
Debates of the Chamber of Deputies on the draft State budget for 2010 started late on Monday morning in Bardo. As instructed by President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi presented, at a plenary session chaired by Speaker of the Chamber Foued Mebazaa, the Government Statement [1] on the draft economic and State budgets for 2010.
Tunisia: African Football Confederation Adopts Country’s Regulation
On the sidelines of the drawing of lots ceremony for the 2010 African Cup of Nations which took place on November 20 in Luanda, Angola, CAF’s Executive Committee validated an amendment, initially suggested by Tunisia’s Othman Jenayah, Etoile Sportive du Sahel’s former president.
Police chief sacked after kidnappings
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has fired his police chief after the kidnappings of three Spanish aid workers in the country.
Tunisia: Country Takes Part, in Athens, in 17th Meeting of Osce Ministerial Council
Secretary of State in the Foreign Minister’s office in charge of Maghreb, Arab and African Affairs Abdelhafidh Harguem underscored Tunisia’s keenness to promote a new vision of relations between the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Mediterranean Countries Partners to Co-operation (PMPC), based on solidarity and a mutually profitable co-operation for sustainable security in both OSCE space and in the Mediterranean zone.
Moroccan minister denounces W. Sahara hunger-striker (Eu Business)
(BRUSSELS ) – Morocco’s foreign minister on Monday accused a Western Sahara activist on hunger strike in Spain to get Morocco to allow her to return home of using political blackmail.
Tunisia: Speaker of Chamber of Deputies Confers With Algerian Foreign Minister
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Foued Mebazaa received, on Thursday in Bardo, Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci and the delegation accompanying him on his visit in Tunisia.
Tunisia: Country Observes World Aids Day
Under the theme “human rights and access to treatment”, Tunisia is observing on December 1, 2009, World Aids Day, an international day to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS around the world.
