Nominated Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi unveiled Monday his cabinet, which will include the country’s first blind minister. Walid Zidi, 34, will be in charge of the culture portfolio in Mechichi’s 25-minister lineup waiting to be confirmed by the parliament. Zidi is also the first ever blind Tunisian to land a doctorate degree. He graduated […]
A bipartisan group of U.S. congressmen urged President Joe Biden to waive duties on fertilizer imports from Morocco and Trinidad & Tobago following the spike of fertilizer prices because of a severe supply shortage. Over thirty senators and House representatives sent on Thursday a letter to President Biden requesting him to help U.S. farmers with […]
Head of the Government, Saad Eddine El Otmani, Saturday, visited the eastern town of Jerada, which has witnessed unrest and protest in the wake of the death of three miners in abandoned mines late last year and promised economic alternatives benefiting the locals. During his visit, which came following a study by the mining ministry […]
