Tunisia’s Tourism minister, Amel Karboul, is expecting the influx of tourists this year to surpass those of the previous. Apart from its Mediterranean beaches, the ministry wants to promote desert and cultural tourism. The country is expecting 7million tourists in estimation during the course of the year if there are no major disturbances. Tunisia’s political […]
The World Bank’s private sector financing arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), has provided a credit package of $150 to Olam Palm Gabon, the subsidiary of Singapore-based Olam International, to boost the company’s production of palm oil in the central African country. The loan, Gabon Review reports, will be used in the construction of a biodiesel […]
French intelligence agencies are recruiting informants in Morocco and other Maghreb countries part of efforts to beef-up their anti-terrorism squads as terrorist threats continue to loom on the country in the aftermath of the Paris attacks of last November 13. After the Paris attacks, the French Ministry of Defense decided to be more vigilant and […]
