Tunisia’s Agriculture ministry announced Wednesday August 16 several financing plans for small farmers to the tune of $9 million in view of supporting the sector. The financing will come from State-run Banque Tunisienne de Solidarité (BTS), as result of the agreement with the agriculture department, “Tunisie Numerique” reports. The bank per the deal will provide […]
The Minerals Council of South Africa on Thursday warned that the country could lose up to 150,000 jobs, if state-owned electricity supplier Eskom is granted permission to increase electricity tariff by 15%. Eskom has asked government for a 15% tariff increase over three years. The mining lobby group said the move would also hasten the […]
Head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Faiez Serraj had been targeted by an assassination attempt, Head of his intelligence service says. “The intelligence service has recently arrested the head of a Daesh cell who was planning an operation in the government headquarters when al-Sarraj is inside,” the intelligence chief, Mustafa Noah, told […]
