War-torn and deeply polarised since the 2011 overthrow of Gaddafi’s 42-yearlong dictatorship, Libya’s civil society organisations have taken on the difficult task of supporting the transition of their nation towards a unified and resilient society. As the country’s opposing national…
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Tags : Libya, pandemic,
TUNIS – Mauritanians are flocking back to markets and attending mosques for Friday prayers after the west African country eased its two-month lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. The vast desert country of just 4 million people has…
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Although protests successfully ended Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s 20-year sultanistic rule a little over one year ago, demands have been continuing to dismantle the system, get rid of the old personnel, and institute democracy. The controversial election…
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Tags : Algeria, coronavirus, covid 19, pandemic,
For some authoritarians, the coronavirus tragedy has presented a golden opportunity to grab more power and trample rights. Hungary’s parliament has voted to allow Prime Minister Victor Orban to rule by decree indefinitely…
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Tags : Algeria, protests, Hirak, pandemic,
Rights groups accuse some authoritarian governments of using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext to further limit free expression. But in the North African country of Algeria, the trend is partly going the other way. As brand names go, Radio Corona Internationale or RCI is probably in a league of its own. Launched last month on Facebook and Soundcloud…
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Tags : Algeria, pandemic, covid 19, radio corona,
The Maghreb presents itself in dispersed order in the face of the coronavirus, without any cohesion or solidarity, each country facing its own concerns. Social tensions in Tunisia, authority and outbreaks of Islamist fever in Morocco, sanitary bankruptcy in Libya, Algerian protests in search of a new breath and the Mauritanian desert protecting a population tired of confinement: the management of the pandemic heralds the post-crisis period: a disarticulation of the Maghreb scene in a world that has become multipolar, where Beijing will not fail to pursue its regional “entryism” by promulgating health as a vector of power.
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Libya, a country at war and the center of a conflict aggravated by the interference of regional and international powers, could soon be the most punished country in the region by the coronavirus because of its weak health system in the war current context and the influx of flights and military personnel from abroad. Youssef Cherif, a Maghreb-based political analyst and director of the Columbia Global Centers (Tunis), offered an overview of the impact of the coronavirus on the Maghreb during a video-conference today organised by the IEMed.
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As of Wednesday 1st April 2020, 6 p.m., 654 cases have been confirmed infected with the virus in Morocco according to the Moroccan Ministry of Health. 29 people were confirmed recovered, while 39 were confirmed deceased, according to this source. The Moroccan government took …
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Tags : Morocco, pandemic,
Libya’s volatile conflict has limited the movement of people into the country and made it difficult for coronavirus to spread. However, while there have been relatively few confirmed cases so far, public health officials in the country are right to fear that the virus could further devastate the war-torn country…
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