4 ways Tunisia is moving toward greater gender equality
The North African country is making major strides. When it comes to championing for women’s rights, its safe to say the Arab world has had a relatively prosperous couple of...
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Migration and rural transformation
The wave of mass migration of youngsters from Africa to Europe across the Mediterranean Sea is a major challenge confronting the continent at the moment. Thousands of able-bodied young men...
With laws against rape and child marriage, 2017 was a...
In India, lawmakers ruled that having sex with a wife aged 15-18 is punishable as rape, while Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan scrapped laws that allowed rapists to escape punishment if...
UNICEF calls for action to end digital divide
Only 15 per cent people have access to the Internet in the least-developed countries, a UNICEF report has revealed. In developed countries, an estimated 81 per cent people use Internet,...
Tunisia: Democratic but Precarious
Seven Years After the Arab Spring, Tunisians Struggle to Stabilize Amid central Tunisia’s dry farmlands, the city of Sidi Bouzid bustled one recent day under warm autumn sunshine. Street vendors...
“English language in Tunisia … the way forward? theme of Breakfast...
The Tunisian-British Friendship Association organised on Friday morning, a breakfast discussion event on the theme “English language in Tunisia … the way forward?” under the patronage of Tunisian Minister of...
“Fuel Fishing” investigative documentary sheds light on oil leak on...
The story begins with the suffering of a young man from the Tunisian island of kerkennah. A young civil society activist who has been defending the safety of his quiet...
Secrets of the Roman Empire’s ancient and ‘luxurious’ harbour of...
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of ‘large scale engineering’ at the port of Lechaion in Greece The harbour was mostly destroyed in the 6th century AD by a massive earthquake and...
In Tunisia, many see EU tax haven blacklisting as political...
In a new EU blacklist of 17 “tax havens”, Tunisia’s inclusion is drawing criticism at home, with many calling it a political decision. It was the first time EU finance...
Key Middle East Publics See Russia, Turkey and U.S. All...
Most do not expect Syrian war to end in 2018 Majorities across five Middle Eastern and North African countries agree that Russia, Turkey and the United States are all playing...
