Doctors’ brain drain saps $2b from Africa – report
A new report on good governance released by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has revealed that Africa loses about $2 billion a year due to doctors and health practitioners leaving the...
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EU Mission to Observe Tunisia’s First Municipal Elections since 2011...
The European Union has sent a delegation of electoral observers to Tunisia’s upcoming municipal elections, the first of their kind in over seven years following the mass popular uprising that...
Ansaldo Energia lands Tunisia gas-fired power project
Ansaldo Energia has signed an EPC contract with Société Tunisienne de l’Élecriticité et du Gaz (STEG) to build a gas-fired power plant in Tunisia. The plant, with an installed power of 625 MW, is...
Feature: Sahara desert in Tunisia becomes attractive destination for Chinese...
The vast Sahara desert area in Tunisia, which is regarded as one of the North African country’s most important tourism resources, has gradually attracted more and more Chinese tourists. “DESERT-STYLE”...
Servicemen and security officers take part in municipal race for...
Some 36 thousand soldiers and security officers are be able to choose their representatives in municipal councils. This is a first in Tunisi a’s history, established under the amendment of...
Libya, US sign security cooperation agreement
The Libyan deputy foreign minister of Presidential Council government Lutfi Al-Maghrabi signed with the US Charge d’Affaires to Libya, Stephanie Williams, a security cooperation agreement in Tunisia. Media office of...
Tunisia attracts 44% of Thomas Cook’s bookings
“Tunisia is selling well and is attracting the family market which accounts for 44% of bookings to date,” says British tour operator Thomas Cook, adding that to meet customer demand...
First Municipal Election Since 2011 A Boost For Tunisian Democracy
The North African nation holds its first municipal elections since the Arab Spring of 2011. Some 57,000 people have signed up to run, and the election rules were crafted for...
Algeria frets over rise in migrants as Europe tightens controls
Algeria warned that it could face housing ‘hundreds of thousands’ of migrants if Europe closed its doors. Algeria expects to have to accommodate more illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after the...
French-Tunisian baker on the secrets behind Paris’ best baguettes
A French-Tunisian baker, who has won the right to supply the French presidential palace with baguettes for a year, says kneading is the secret behind his prize-winning loaves. “A lot...
