Head of Tunisia moderate Islamist Ennahda party, Rached Ghannouchi, has vowed to fight and stand up to the hardline salafists who showed lately their real face when they added oil to the fire in the deadly violence that rocked the country over anti-Islam film. “These people pose a threat not only to Ennahda but to […]
Tunisia’s finance minister returned from the US with a grant of $500 million intended to finance infrastructure projects. “Our visit to Washington was important and fruitful with International Monetary Fund, World Bank and American officials”, minister Ali Kooli told Reuters. Kooli was in Washington to start discussions about a new loan program with the IMF. […]
Zambia has reduced hydropower production at the Kariba Dam because of rapidly declining water levels at the world’s biggest man-made reservoir. The power station straddles the border with Zimbabwe and supply both countries with electricity. According to Reuters, the two countries have agreed to reduce electricity production on each side of the border, from about […]
