Migrant deaths far higher than reported – IOM
The International Organisation for Migration, IOM, said on Monday the real number of migrant deaths were far higher than the numbers reported. The UN Migration Agency in a new report...
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The Other Humanitarians in the Mediterranean: Tunisia’s Fishermen
Tunisian fishermen living near the Libyan border have been rescuing migrants and recovering the dead for years. With the recent curbs on NGO boats, and an emboldened Libyan coast guard, they may...
Better use of scarce water key to Middle East’s future:...
Political stability and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa could hinge on better management of scarce water resources, the World Bank said in a report released Tuesday. With...
Christianity, Islam and Judaism: They Can Peacefully Co-exist
The Prophet Muhammad was born in the Arabian Peninsula in a time where complete savagery, the absence of law and order was an everyday fact of life. However, in a...
A new hope for women empowerment in Africa
August 2017 marks a new journey towards women empowerment in Africa. From The Women Advancing Africa Forum in Tanzania, to the Women Empowerment Collaboration in South Africa, the continent shows...
Tunisia Split Along Religious Lines Over Bill Giving Women Equal...
Tunisia’s consideration of a bill to grant equal property inheritance rights to women and men has divided the country over a larger question: whether it should be a secular state...
Silver Composition in Coins Confirms the Story of the Rise...
Lead isotopes in Roman coins reveal the defeat of Carthage financed Rome’s expansion throughout the Mediterranean Archaeologists love coins. Not only are they a great way to date a dig...
Democracy between Arab aspirations and western expectations
Findings from the Arab Transformation survey carried out in 2014 in six developing Arab states, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia suggest that the EU assumption of democratisation as a value...
Mumbai: Teen diagnosed with rare genetic disorder that affects speech...
Tests showed the disorder runs in his maternal family with at least five of his relatives having different forms of ataxia. (Representational image) Tests showed the disorder runs in his...
Dictator-Themed Restaurant Has a Melania Trump Mural
Tunisia’s Le Dictateur also lures diners with dishes like the “grilled freedom” At Le Dictateur, a dictator-themed restaurant in an upscale suburb of Tunis, Tunisia, cartoonish portraits of former oppressive...
