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Tunisian Premier brushes aside calls to step down

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi Sunday slammed calls for his resignation amid cold war with President Kais Saied, adding that he is “responsible for salvaging a country gripped by political and economic woes.” “My resignation? It is out of the question, I will not resign, I am responsible, those who know me know it well,” […]

Tunisia: Security chief, three terrorists, including two Algerians, killed in exchange of fire

Three terrorists, including two Algerians, were killed Monday in Hidra, governorate of Kasserine, in a proactive operation involving National Guard and national army units, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said in a press release.   Chief of Hidra National Guard district, Lieutenant Néjib Allah Cherni, was killed in the exchange of fire.   This proactive operation […]

OIC handpicks Nigeria as food storage hub

Member-states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have chosen Nigeria to serve as a food and grain storage hub for the group’s member states.   “All the member countries of OIC selected Nigeria as the storage hub,” Director of Nigeria’s Federal Department of Agriculture, Abdullahi Abubaka, said.   The OIC Secretariat will mobilize resources, […]