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Kenya’s rose industry battles EU regulations, pest crisis

Kenya’s lucrative rose export industry faces mounting challenges as the European Union tightens regulations against the false codling moth, a devastating pest threatening flower shipments. The industry, worth over $800 million and employing half a million people, sees roses accounting for 66% of cut flower exports at approximately $300 million. The EU’s intensifying measures have […]

Tunisia: Washington Cautions US Citizens against Traveling to South-Eastern Regions

The US State Department Friday issued new warnings for US citizens against traveling to Tunisia’s South-eastern regions as well as to the mountainous regions in the West deemed still haunted by terrorists. The State Department said terrorist groups, like the Islamic State group, are still active in the south-eastern part of the North African country. […]

Algeria unhappy with UN Secretary General Sahara Envoy nominee

The Algerian regime has instructed its mouthpieces to criticize the UN Secretary General’s choice for the upcoming Envoy for the Sahara in a move that further reflects Algiers isolation in the international scene. Pro-military media including El Watan wrote diatribes attacking Antonio Guterres and accusing him of supporting Morocco by choosing former Romanian Prime Minister […]