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Tunisian Caretaker President Moncef Marzouki expressed confidence in the success of the transition process in Tunisia despite the stumbling blocks and the difficulties met, quoting, among other things, a minority that “does not believe in democracy and tries to disrupt the process.”

Thousands of people in Libya remain locked up in militia prisons, outside of state control, more than two years after the revolution, according to a new UN report presented to the Security Council. The report says many are suffering torture and mistreatment and calls the situation “unacceptable”. “We have a …

Tunisian Caretaker president Moncef Marzouki met on Monday evening in New York with US president Barack Obama who expressed his country’s unconditional commitment to support Tunisia in speeding up the completion of the transitional process so that it might be a model in the region.

More than 3,000 Libyan men will soon head to Turkey, Italy, the UK and the US for training, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan announced on Sunday (September 22nd). From road blockages to robberies, kidnappings and assassinations, Libyans are confronted at all sides with problems they blame

In a move to promote tolerance and help rebuild Mali, Morocco will provide training to 500 imams from the war-torn country. Moroccan Islamic Affairs Minister Ahmed Toufik and Malian Territorial Administration Minister Moussa Sinko Coulibaly signed the agreement Friday (September 20th) in Bamako.

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki traveled Sunday to the United States, where he will attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. Marzouki will be addressing the assembly, which traditionally meets in late September and brings together heads of state from around the world.

Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of Bardo, near the capital Tunis, late Saturday, calling for the government led by the moderate Islamist Ennahda party to step down. They were marking the end of a 40-day period of mourning after the assassination of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi, shot dead …

Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party announced on Friday it has accepted an ambitious roadmap proposed by mediators to form a government of technocrats and resolve a two-month-old political crisis. “Ennahda announces after examining the proposal… its acceptance and demands that a serious national dialogue is launched to get the country out …

Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh received, on Thursday in Tunis, the Maghreb Social Affairs Ministers attending the 10th Session of the Maghreb Council of Ministers for Training, Employment, Social Affairs and Maghreb Community abroad.

The Libyan authorities should immediately hand Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi and former intelligence chief Abdallah al-Senussi to the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Amnesty International.