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Protestors call for resignation of official after she blames the family for a child’s rape in day care
Protesters on Monday demanded the resignation of Tunisia’s minister for women’s affairs, Sihem Badi, accusing her of defending a children’s nursery where a three-year-old girl was raped. The protesters, among them relatives of the victim, gathered outside the ministry in Tunis shouting slogans against Badi, including “Minister of shame, get…
Tunisian president blames Islamist ruling party for opposition leader’s murder
President Moncef Marzouki has cancelled his participation in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit in Cairo and is heading back to Tunisia after the murder of opposition leader Chokri Belaid, the presidency said on Wednesday. “He returns early this afternoon. It has just been decided,” presidential adviser Ghassen Dridi told…
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