Khalid-Zerouali head of migration & border management – Interior Ministry

Tunisia: AfDB approves €104m to modernize road infrastructure

The African Development Bank, AfDB, agreed Monday to allocate to Tunisia a credit line worth 103.95 million euros earmarked for the second phase of a road infrastructure project (PMIR-II) in the North African country. The credit will be used to rehabilitate 230.6 km of road in five governorates according to Minister of Equipment and Housing […]

Members of Mauritania’s Largest Slave Abolitionist Group to Run for Elections

After years of fighting for their rights despite crackdown and imprisonment, members of Mauritania’s leading anti-slavery NGO, the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) are preparing their participation in local elections to make their voice heard. Led by recipient of UN human rights prize in 2013, Biram Ould Dah Ould Abied, IRA is not recognized […]

From Chengdu to Casablanca: new rail-sea lines to speed up China-Africa trade

China is using new hybrid logistics links or multimodal rail-sea lines to bypass cargo chokepoints in an effort to speed up trade with Africa, where it is the largest trading partner. New rail-sea hybrid transport options stretching from western China as far as Europe, which are speeding up goods movement to Africa, imply the belt […]