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Tunisia: Government retreats while unions threaten political parties

Concessions have been made by the ruling political parties at the end of their Tuesday meeting with the UGTT, the biggest union in Tunisia, and UTICA, an employers’ union representing business owners and self-employed workers. The ruling government has decided to leave power earlier than expected but based on certain conditions. The opposition received the […]

Electricity, key for Africa’s development – ECA top official

In Africa, nearly 600 million people, or 48% of the continent’s population, still lack access to electricity, with the majority living in rural areas.   The continent will not fully develop if hundreds of millions of its people continue to live without electricity, Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said Thursday. Songwe who […]

FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino inaugurates Moroccan AB Sport’s first overseas subsidiary

World football governing body’s head Gianni Infantino unveiled Wednesday in Mauritania the first overseas branch of AB Sport, a Moroccan firm producing sport kits. Infantino, reports say, was joined at the ceremony by Ahmed Ould Yahya, the President of the Mauritanian football federation (FFRIM) and Mohamed Bessam El Aqil, CEO of the Moroccan company. The […]