Brits are returning to Tunisia on cheap holidays despite Foreign...
A state of emergency operates in the country due to the high risk of terror attacks, but UK holidaymakers are ignoring the risks and getting cheap flights from France and...
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Charter of the North African network for food sovereignty
Activists from anti-capitalist militant organizations in North Africa have met in Tunis on July 4-5, 2017 to set up the North African Network for Food Sovereignty. The North African Network...
Actis launches first pan-African private higher education network
Actis announced on 11 July 2017, a major pan-African higher education initiative – Honoris United Universities (www.Honoris.net). Honoris United Universities is the first African private higher education network bringing together the leading tertiary...
Italy uses imams in prisons to deter extremism among inmates
Italy’s plan to reduce the risk of a jihadi-inspired attack is pinned in small part on El Hacmi Mimoun, an imam who bikes to the prison here every week and...
HRW report on EU-Turkey migrant deal may raise red flags...
he European Union’s dicey migration deal with Turkey is causing untold misery among migrants and refugees trapped on Greek islands, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Wednesday....
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires investments in innovation, says...
Innovation and emerging technologies increasingly change how international organizations invest in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new report launched today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...
news African states silently mark the continent’s inaugural Anti-Corruption Day
The African Union marked the first African Anti-Corruption Day on Tuesday July 11, 2017 to commemorate the adoption of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC). The...
McCain vows to restore federal aid to Tunisia
Sen. John McCain vowed Tuesday that Congress will restore Tunisian aid cuts that were proposed by President Trump as a top official said U.S. support is critical to keep reforms alive and...
Tunisia: Tourism and phosphate to bring growth to 2.3% (IMF)
The International Monetary Fund (Fund) forecast a 2.3% growth for the Tunisian economy this year after a relatively sluggish year in 2016. The new forecast will be mainly driven by...
‘TechGirls’ from Middle East and North Africa head to US
Twenty-eight teenage girls from predominantly Muslim countries have been chosen to participate in the US State Department’s TechGirls 2017 exchange program. The girls, aged between 15 and 17, from Algeria,...
