AfDB loans Tunisia about €82 million for wastewater re-use in agriculture, climate resilience

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a loan of €81.9 million to Tunisia to implement the Treated Wastewater Quality Improvement Project for Climate Resilience Building (PAQEE-RCC). The approval, the bank said on December 13, came at a meeting in Abidjan on 6 December. PAQEE-RCC will improve the treatment of […]

Tunisia: Court orders release of human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine following increasing international criticism

A Tunisian appeals court has ordered on Wednesday February 19 the release of prominent human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine, although she remains subject to a travel ban due to ongoing legal cases. Bensedrine, 74, was the head of the now-defunct Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD), which was responsible for investigating human rights abuses committed by […]

Algerian President’s hospitalization abroad very costly for the tax payers

While Algeria is facing an acute financial crisis and while protests are erupting across the country, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is hospitalized in Germany since October 28, 2020, after he was affected by coronavirus. Aside from the power vacuum due to the President’s long absence, his hospitalization is very costly for the country. Actually, according to […]