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Tunisia: Government to buy 110 new trains to replace aging vehicles

Tunisia is on the verge of buying 110 trains to replenish its aging railway sector, Transport Minister told media on Monday. The state has issued a tender for the trains, Hichem Ben Ahmed told local media La Presse. The trains will replace current ones which on average are 35 years old, Ben Ahamed also noted […]

Australia Deems Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Sahara ‘Good Initiative’

Australian diplomacy welcomed Morocco’s autonomy initiative for the Sahara as a “good initiative” reiterating support for the UN process to resolve the artificial dispute over the Kingdom’s territorial integrity. “The autonomy proposal is a good initiative,” said director of the department for North Africa and the Middle East at the Australian Foreign Ministry, Matthew Neuhaus, […]

Militants escalate violence in Sahel, threatening coastal West African nations, warns report

Militant Islamist violence continues to escalate in the Sahel, shifting southward and westward to increasingly threaten security of coastal West African nations, according to a new report by Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS). Countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger remain at the epicenter of this violent surge, with fatalities and militant activity hitting […]