Tunisia loses swathes of forest in fires
Around 2,000 hectares of forest in Tunisia have gone up in flames over the past week, with some of the fires probably started deliberately, the authorities said on Saturday. Many...
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A Solar Plant in the Sahara Could Help Power the...
As Europe tries to wean itself off of fossil fuels, it looks toward renewable energy like wind and solar. But many parts of Europe aren’t exactly known for their sunny...
Algeria’s Closed Border Syndrome
Algeria, Africa’s largest country, shares borders with 6 countries, all of them are closed with the exception of its land frontiers with Tunisia. This closed-border attitude is reflective of a...
West Africa should break bond with euro to survive
France’s colonial-era trade agreements with its former African colonies are undermining their policy independence, industrialisation and sovereignty.As part of the deal for the colonies to become independent, France in 1960 negotiated...
Is this Tunisian chile paste the new sriracha? Not yet,...
In 2014, Food & Wine called it the “new sriracha” sauce. Time named it one of 2015’s food trends. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been using it in recipes for years. London’s Yotam...
IMF Statement on Tunisia
Growth is slowly improving, but strong consumption is fueling inflation and further increases already high fiscal and external deficits. Exchange rate flexibility, tighter monetary policy, and fuel price increases have...
Climate Weekly: Desert miracle or mirage?
Could Tunisia be the first North African country to export solar power from the fringes of the Sahara Desert to Europe? It has the sunshine, the legislation and a willing developer...
OMV completes sale of Tunisian oil field
Austria-based OMV has closed the sale of its 50% stake in the offshore Ashtart oil field located in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia, to oil and gas company Perenco. OMV...
Syria is ‘Hell on Earth’ as Sebastian Junger documents in...
Pop, pop, pop: the sound of constant gunfire fills the air, and it’s nearly impossible to tell who is being targeted. Everyone in Daraa, Syria, who is protesting on the...
Summer travel season expected to be record breaking – IATA
The International Air Transport (IATA) said on Thursday it expects a record breaking summer travel season for the northern hemisphere after global carriers reported a 12-year high in traffic growth for the...