Brussels puts end to controversy on marketing standards for products from Saharan provinces

The European Commission on Tuesday put an end to the controversy that some Members of the European Parliament tried to fuel about compliance of the control of fruit and vegetables from the Moroccan Sahara with the EU marketing standards.   In response to a question from a MEP on compliance control for products from the […]

Tunisia: Head of state Television sacked for “wrong covering of terrorism”

The Head and the editor-in-chief of Tunisian state television have been sacked after the network broadcast the decapitated head of a Tunisian teenage shepherd slain by terrorists on Friday in the province of Sidi Bouzid. A statement from the Prime Minister’s office announced the sacking of the two men without giving reasons for the layoff. […]

East Africans’ real income to rise under AfCFTA — World Bank

East Africa is set to benefit from swift implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), according to the World Bank, and this will be accomplished particularly by lowering trade expenses related to trade facilitation, as well as decreasing the costs of non-tariff policies and non-tariff obstacles. The AfCFTA has been well-designed to strengthen […]