Opinion
What budget cuts at the UN mean for development goals
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development opens on the 30th June and runs until the 3rd of July,
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Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has been inaugurated for a second term after winning re-election with a 90.7% share of the vote, following a monthslong crackdown and string of arrests against his political opponents. In his inauguration speech Monday, the 66-year-old former law professor called for a “cultural revolution” to combat unemployment, fight terrorism and root out corruption. “The aim is to build a country where everyone can live in dignity,” Saied said in a speech addressing members of Tunisia’s parliament.
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