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Tunisia to host 8th TICAD Africa conference in 2022

Tunisia has been chosen to host the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TICAD, scheduled for 2022, Japan’s embassy to Tunisia announced on Thursday. “Initiated by Japan’s government since 1993, this international conference aims to speed up political dialogues between African leaders and development partners on challenges facing the Continent. It is a multi-lateral […]

Tunisian lone wolf kills four in Synagogue attack

A Tunisian security officer killed two of his colleagues and two visitors of a synagogue, in an attack that bodes ill for Tunisia’s image and its slowly recovering tourism sector. The attack targeted an old synagogue in Djerba, crowded with visitors and hundreds of Jewish pilgrims from Europe and Israel. The attacker, a police officer […]

Rapprochement with Russia not at expense of another partner – Chad’s top diplomat

Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Chad’s Foreign Minister, indicated Monday January 29 that last week trip by the country’s transitional leader to Russia was meant to diversify partners, not exclude others. Mahamat Idriss Deby met last week with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a visit that his office said was to strengthen ties with Russia. Chad […]