Tunisian tourism has scored a 17.4 percent in the number of arrivals in the first quarter of the year, while yearly revenues of the sector have jumped by 35.1 percent from last year’s proceedings. The figures were reported by London-based Asharq Al-Awsat daily, which quoted tourism minister Rene Trabelsi. The increase generated $262.6 million in […]
Egypt’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate continued to slow down in the first quarter of the 2013/2014 fiscal year to reach slightly more than 1 percent compared to 2.1 percent in 2012/2013, according to the Egypt’s Central Bank. Deputy CBE governor Ranaia al-Mashat said in his statement that economic activity remained sluggish in the […]
European Union ministers have expressed deep concern about “domino effects” following last Wednesday’s coup in oil-rich Gabon — the eighth nation in the Central or West African region to be hit by a military takeover in the last three years. The EU is increasingly concerned about the growing number of military coups across the continent […]
