Year: 2020

Writup platform, a solution for web content writing in Tunisia

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Find Confirmed and skilled Writers Writup is a freelance content writing platform that connects those who need content and make the most of the performance of skilled writers. It is a freelance platform of content writing that aims to make a link between those who need writing contents and skilled writers. The services of the writup include writing, translation, reformulation and correction in three languages namely Arabic, French and English. The Writup platform makes looking for high-quality content easier for companies. These contents are the product of skilled writers who…

Tunisians rally in protest of “Deal of Century”

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Tunisians on Wednesday marched in the capital Tunis in protest of the U.S. Middle East peace plan, also known as the Deal of the Century. The protesters include members of civil society, professional organizations and political parties as well as independent activists. “Palestine is not and will never be for sale,” said Noureddine Tabboubi, secretary-general of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), as he addressed the protesters. “Al-Quds al-Sharif is the eternal capital of the Palestinians,” he added. Tabboubi called for “criminalizing all those who maintain relations with the Zionist…

Nawara field for natural gas extraction operational

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Nawara field for the extraction of natural gas from the Sahara of Tataouine is now operational announced on Wednesday caretaker Prime Minister Youssef Chahed. Chahed recalled in a tweet and on his Facebook page that the Nawara field is the largest project in Tunisia with an investment worth about 3.5 billion dinars, a production capacity of 2.7 million cubic meters of gas per day, or 50% of the national production of additional gas, 7,000 barrels of oil and 3,200 barrels of liquid gas. The entry into production of the Nawara…

Algerian Foreign Minister arrives in eastern Libya with “peace initiative”

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The Algerian Foreign Minister, Sabri Boukadoum, arrived in Al-Rajma, near the eastern city of Benghazi – on Wednesday and met with Khalifa Haftar to discuss the ongoing conflict in Libya, the Libya Observer report on Wednesday The Algerian Foreign Minister and Haftar discussed bilateral relations and Algeria’s role in supporting Libya’s stability and the joint efforts to combat crime and terrorism, Haftar forces’ media office said. The visit comes days after Algeria and Tunisia have said they are devising an initiative to strike peace among the warring parties in Libya.…

Chinese ambassador to Tunisia highlights China’s ability to confront Corona

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Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia Wang Wenbin shed light on developments in the prevention of epidemics of pneumonia caused by the new Coronavirus, stressing China’s ability to win its battle against the epidemic. The Ambassador pointed out during a meeting with the press in Tunis, that the preventive measures taken by the Chinese government had achieved positive results. He said the Chinese government places people’s lives and health in the first place, including all foreign communities in China and employees of diplomatic missions. The ambassador emphasized that his country has established…

Third edition of FITA opens

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The third edition of the International Conference on Financing Investment and Trade in Africa opened on Tuesday, with the participation of nearly 4 thousand companies, 35 African countries, 100 financial institutions and 60 renowned speakers. President of the Tunisian-African Business Council (TABC), Bassem Loukil, said at the opening of the event that Tunisian banks are almost absent in Africa, especially in sub-Saharan countries which hinders the settling of Tunisian companies in this region. Speaking to media, TABC president said that the virtual non-existence of Tunisian banks in Africa is due…

Saharan Ksours officially inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage tentative list

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The Saharan Ksours heritage site in southern Tunisia has been officially inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) tentative list of Tangible Cultural Heritage, the official page of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs reports. The candidacy file was submitted last January 10 by Tunisia’s Ambassador Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Ghazi Ghrairi. Experts and officials from the National Heritage Institute (INP) had prepared the file in record time, according to the same source. This new inscription provided the opportunity to bolster the steps made by Tunisia in…

30 activists gathered in Tunisia for ecological challenges of Mediterranean Sea

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A training course held in Tunisia from January 28 to 31, on “Environmental Challenges in the Mediterranean and the role of civil society”. at the initiative of the Regional Programme “Med dialogue for rights and equality”. The training brought together about thirty participants from North Africa and the Middle East (Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon). The four-day programme aimed to facilitate the development of regional networks and cooperation channels, the strengthening of actors’ capacities and the implementation of concrete actions on the ground to better…

Filmmaker Abdellatif Garrouri: Track of camera with the eye of lovely soul and humanism

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Abdellatif Gourarri is a seasoned journalist”, distinguished by his great documentaries namely: Trials of Arab Spring with American filmmaker Lauren Finney, Awakening of Arab women with American filmmaker Gini Reticker, unknown dead (460), Refugee children, Return of the stray son, the unknown fate, out of the ordinary, more than forty… After a television career (Al watania 1, France TV- M6- France 2-Canal+, ART Tunisian Office…) and written press, he focused on the documentary field and left behind him the experience of a daily monotonous journalistic work. He entered into the…

Tunisia launches First Internet Universality Indicators Assessment in Arab Region

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On 15 January 2020, the Internet Universality Indicators (IUIs) assessment was officially launched in Tunisia, breaking ground by making Tunisia the first country in the Arab region to initiate this assessment at national level. The launch was convened on the occasion of the first meeting of Tunisian Multi-stakeholder Advisory Board (MAB), participated by 11 prominent members of the Board. “The Tunisian MAB endorsed the use of UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators and the proposed methodology for the assessment in Tunisia and encouraged all other concerned stakeholders, on a voluntary basis, to…