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September 5, 2017

Somalia: Chief justice suspends 18 judges

Somalia’s Chief Justice Ibrahim Iidle Saleeban today suspended 18 judges in the capital Mogadishu, in response to public complaints about their rulings, according to the state news agency SONNA....

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September 5, 2017

Jerusalem schools strike as Israel curriculum imposed on them

Teachers have gone on strike in Jerusalem in protest against attempts to impose the Israeli curriculum in Arab schools and the dilapidated infrastructure in which they are forced to...

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September 5, 2017

Israel approves plan to build 4,500 settlement units in Jerusalem

Israel’s National Council of Planning and Building (NCPB) today approved a new settlement plan to build thousands of settlement units on the hills of occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said on its...

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September 5, 2017

Tourism up 58% in Tunisia

Some 4.6 million tourists visited Tunisia in the first eight months of this year, an increase of 57.8 per cent from the same period last year, the official news...

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September 5, 2017

Israel begins largest military exercise in two decades

Israel will begin the largest military drill seen in the country for 20 years today in preparation for any future conflict with Hezbollah. Thousands of the country’s reserve soldiers...

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September 5, 2017

Israel evicts Palestinian family, hands East Jerusalem home to settlers

A Palestinian family was evicted from their home in occupied East Jerusalem this morning after an Israeli court rejected the family’s claim that the land they were living on was...

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September 5, 2017

Israel denies aid workers visas

Israel has suspended granting work visas to foreign charity workers delivering aid to Palestinians, according to AFP. Humanitarian organisations have noted numerous refusals or delays on the part of...

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September 5, 2017

Sudan’s opposition head launches new peace initiative

The secretary-general of one of Sudan’s leading opposition parties has launched an initiative aimed at ending the decade-long conflict in the western Darfur region including the Nuba Mountains and...

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September 5, 2017

Abbas to dismiss 35 Fatah employees

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is due to dismiss 35 Fatah members and leaders in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip on the grounds that they criticised...

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September 5, 2017

The hidden battle between Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes

There is a lot of talk today in Tunisia about a prospective government reshuffle imposed by the vacancies in key ministries, including education, planning and finance. This article may...

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