US AFRICA Command Commander Stephen Townsend

A whole town’s stock trading blocked by a hurricane

For the first time in 27 years, the New York stock exchange market closed due to extreme weather conditions.  During these last few days the proximity of Hurricane Sandy to this economical center of the US has been known. Many roads were blocked and thousands of residents were told to evacuate. But the decision to […]

Tunisia: Tourism Minister Demands Apology after French MP Called for Boycott

Tunisian Minister of Tourism René Trabelsi has strongly denounced comments made by a French-Jewish MP who called for boycotting Tourism in Tunisia. The French lawmaker, Meyer Habib, from the Union of Democrats and Independents slammed, in a Facebook post, Tunisian President Kais Saied, who reportedly ordered the ministry of sports to launch a probe into […]

Amazigh Language to Feature in Bank Notes, Official Documents

The long awaited-for organic draft law on the implementation of the official character of Amazigh provides for a set of measures to be adopted gradually, among which the use of the language in bank notes, postal stamps and other official documents delivered by the state. The draft law was recently submitted to the PJD-led cabinet […]