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After Saudi Arabia, Moroccan Finance Minister visits Kuwait

Morocco’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, held, Tuesday in Kuwait city, talks with her Kuwaiti counterpart, Abdelouahab Errachid, on ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. According to a statement by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance, relayed by KUNA News Agency, the two parties welcomed, on this occasion, the strong relations […]

Tunisia: Strikes against budget draft increase, UGTT latest to join

Tunisia’s draft budget is being welcomed with strikes against its planned austerity measures and one of the country’s most powerful trade unions, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), announced a strike in the civil service on 8 December if the wages are not increased. The government is considering freezing wage increment in its draft budget […]

Libya releases 24 Tunisian fishermen

Libyan authorities have released 24 Tunisian fishermen who were arrested late last week. The fishermen were arrested on Friday on board three ships from Sfax and Mahdia, the Head of the Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights, Mustafa Abdelkabir, said. The latest release follows that of six other fishermen on April 5, after more than one […]