The growing insecurity in Algeria and heightened geopolitical tensions have pushed the UK foreign Office to issue a new warning against all travel to within 30km of Algeria’s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Tunisia. According to British authorities, the “threat from terrorism is higher” in some parts of Algeria, especially in the southern […]
Tunisia was flagged among four other African nations by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for prolonged delays in completing their mandatory Article IV consultations. The other African nations are: Sudan, Eritrea, Liberia, and Senegal, among 13 member states globally. Article IV consultations are annual economic assessments conducted by IMF staff to evaluate a country’s macroeconomic […]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Association Vigilance pour la Démocratie et l’Etat civique, Tunis Centre for Press Freedom (CTLP) and NGOs have expressed solidarity with Hadda Hazem, editor of the Algerian newspaper Al-Fadjr, who is observing a hunger strike since Nov.13 in protest against his arbitrary detention. Hazem, who had to suspend her hunger strike […]
