Moroccan trade & industry minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy

Morocco ranks 4th globally on Climate Change Performance Index

Morocco has ranked 4th globally on Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) which looks at four categories namely GHG Emissions, Renewable Energy, Energy Use and Climate Policy, knowing that the first three overall spots remained empty because no country performed well enough in all index categories to achieve an overall very high rating. The index, established […]

Tunisia to Freeze Assets Linked to Terrorism

Tunisia’s finance ministry announced that it would freeze assets of individuals and legal entities that are tied to terrorist activities. The suspicious assets range from real estate, securities, moveable assets to financial instruments and as such they will be frozen in order to prevent money laundering and financing terrorist activities. A 2003 law enables the […]

Tunisia: Ennahda pulls out of cabinet lineup

The Ennahda movement on Saturday afternoon announced their decision to pull out of the Fakhfakh government formation and not to give it confidence in parliament. Ennahda Saturday refused to back Fakhfaskh’s proposed government on the grounds that it excludes parliament second largest party, Heart of Tunisia of former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui.   Prime Minister-designate […]