Moroccan strawberry pickers in Huelva

EU’s €100m to ease Tunisia’s financial constraints

Tunisia will soon be receiving the first tranche of the €300 million Macro Financial Assistance (MFA) program that the European Union allocated to the country in May 2014 to help it overcome its financial crisis. The amount is a loan that supports the Stand-by Agreement that was approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in […]

Tunisia dismantles 346 Terrorist cells in 2017

Tunisia dismantled 346 terrorist cells in 2017, involved in training, plotting attacks and recruiting foreign fighters, Interior Minister Lotfi Brahem said. “Over 180 terrorist cells, 40 recruitment networks and 6 armed terrorist groups as well as 120 cells involved in training terrorists were dismantled in 2017,” the minister said before a parliamentary commission. More than […]

Sahel States Alliance harmonizes travel documents to facilitate free movement

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, has announced plans to harmonize travel and identity documents to facilitate free movement for their citizens and goods across their shared borders. This initiative marks a significant step toward deeper regional integration among the three nations. Security ministers from the AES countries convened […]