Social & Human Affairs Bound

Tunisia virus situation catastrophic: health ministry Tunisia's health system has "collapsed" under the weight of the Covid-19 pandemic, the health ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday, describing the virus's affect on the country as "catastrophic". On Tuesday alone,...

Algerian authorities arrested the head of an opposition party for allegedly insulting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and other charges, his wife and rights groups said on Thursday.  Fethi Ghares, 47, coordinator for the small leftist Democratic and Social Movement...

Tunisia authorities on Thursday rescued 267 migrants, most of them Bangladeshis, who tried to sail from neighbouring Libya to Europe across the Mediterranean, the International Organization for Migration said. Tunisia's coastguard said the migrants, who also included...

By Mona Salem In a push to cement meagre rights, Egyptian women have been battling a "shocking" draft bill influenced by Islamic law which would have deepened a system of guardianship further restricting their daily lives. Nutritionist Mai Nasser remembered how...