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Tunisia’s PM rants at French documentary on poverty and dictatorship

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani seems to have made a trip to Paris specifically to protest against a French documentary that exposed Tunisia’s worsening poverty and dictatorship under the rule of Kais Saied. Speaking at a presser with his French Peer Attali, Hachani ranted at the documentary describing it as “an unfriendly act by our […]

Tunisia: Head of public TV dismissed after channel aired religious sermon greeting ousted Ben Ali

Tunisian authorities have dismissed head of a public state-run television channel after the media broadcasted, allegedly by mistake, an old religious sermon hailing the ousted President Ben Ali. Dismissal of Mohammed Lazhar Fares, head of El Wataniya 1 and interim director of El Wataniya 2, occurred early this week over the airing of an old […]

UAE, Morocco finalize terms of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

The United Arab Emirates and Morocco have finalized the terms of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that will usher in a new era of mutually beneficial trade and investment ties between the two countries, reported the UAE news agency WAM. UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, and Morocco’s […]