Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party defeated in by-election

It is a severe defeat for Boris Johnson’s British Conservative Party. The by-election in North Shropshire, a very rural constituency in central England long held by the Conservatives, was won by the Liberal Democrats on Thursday (December 16th). → EXPLANATION. Covid-19: UK tries to limit rapid expansion of Omicron variant The candidate of the small … Read more

In Tunisia, the vice-president of the opposition party Ennahdha arrested

The vice-president of Ennahdha and former minister of justice, a close friend of Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of this Islamist-inspired party and the head of state’s bête noire, was arrested on December 31, 2020 in Tunis. “Plainclothes officers who were in two cars arrested Noureddine Bhiri while he was out with his wife from her … Read more