AFCON 2019

Tunisia’s Middle Class under Threat

In order to deal with the envisaged decline in state revenues, Tunisia is planning to introduce tax hikes and subsidy cuts in the budget for 2014. Not surprisingly, this unpopular call has already triggered a wave of controversy, while economists agree that all in all the entire draft of the 2014 budget is inevitably facing […]

IAEA: Morocco pledges to share its nuclear applications expertise with African countries

Morocco has pledged to share its expertise in nuclear applications with African member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Nuclear technology has numerous applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and consumer products. It uses radioisotopes and radiation in cancer treatment, food irradiation, sterilization, material modification, and environmental monitoring. In full cooperation with IAEA, Morocco […]

CAR: Nine Chinese nationals killed by armed men, China issues a travel warning

Unidentified armed men killed Sunday nine Chinese and wounded two others in the mining town of Bambari, in civil-war hit Central African Republic (CAR). Abel Matchipata, mayor of the town located in the center of the country, told local media that the victims were working in a mining field, for Gold Coast Group. He added […]