Governor Tahar Matmati of Medenine stated that the week-long border blockade that has affected trade between Libya and Tunisia “will be resolved very soon” as discussions between the two sides progress. The blockade imposed by Libyan authorities at the Ras Jedir crossing point is due to the “smuggling of subsidized goods” such as petrol according […]
The 22nd session of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statue elected Wednesday December 6 in New York Tunisian jurist Haykel Ben Mahfoudh as judge to Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for a period of nine years. Mahfoudh, Prof. of Public international Law received 86 votes for the election, the highest vote received […]
The IMF warned that the ongoing infighting in Sudan could undermine the wider region’s economy, citing the Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. These countries are already fragile as they receive waves of Sudanese refugees fleeing infighting and famine, the IMF’s deputy director for Africa, Catherine Pattillo, told AFP. A famine was […]
