Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura has been reportedly picked by the UN Secretary General to be the next Sahara envoy in replacement of German Hosrt Kohler who resigned in May 2019 for “health reasons”. Mr.Staffan, 74, had served as UN special envoy for Syria (2014 to 2019), special representative of UN Secretary General for […]
Tunisia has demanded the review of the free trade agreement with Turkey in a bid to protect national production, the Tunisian minister of Trade has announced. Mohamed Boussaid told local daily La Presse that the trade balance with Turkey has been very disadvantageous for Tunisia. Tunisia and Turkey signed in 2005 a free trade agreement […]
Cairo announced Sunday it received $1.5 billion from Saudi Arabia earmarked for development projects in underprivileged Sinai. The Saudi kingdom has already donated Egypt several billion dollars destined to shore up Egyptian battered economy and finance. The new amount, donated by the Saudi Development Fund, will finance the building of a university, 26 residential complexes, […]
