Exiled Chadian rebel leader Timan Erdimi has returned to his homeland after a decade in exile in Qatar for talks aiming to pave the way for democratic elections, though boycotts by rebel and opposition groups remain major hurdles. The 67-year-old Erdimi, who heads the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR) returned to Chad Thursday (18 August), […]
Tunisia’s Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur Monday called on EU to put in place a “Marshall Plan” to help secure his country’s struggling economy. Ennaceur was speaking at a parliament plenary session attended by EU parliament President Martin Schulz. For Ennaceur, the EU plan could be in the form of intensification of financial support to Tunisia’s […]
Saudi Arabia and Libya will provide Tunisia a loan of $500 million each attached with affordable interests to help the North African country to overcome economic woes amid the ongoing political crisis. The news was revealed by Tunisie Numerique, which cited a source knowledgeable of the matter but who asked not be named because not […]
