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Banking: Beijing-based AIIB welcomes Tunisia as 97th member

The Tunisian development, finance and international cooperation ministry Tuesday said the North African country has officially become full member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), based in Beijing, China. “The AIIB approved the accession of Tunisia on April 22,” the ministry said in a statement. Tunisia, which made the request to join the financial […]

Tunisia: Pre-trial Detainees’ Number Unacceptable, Human Rights League

The Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) Saturday criticized the growing number of the pre-trial detainees, put at 13,000, in the country’s prisons which it says violates human rights as it far surpasses the number of prisoners serving their sentences (9,600.) The League pointed out in a report that given the growing number of pre-trail detainees, […]

Chatham House Expects 2018 to be a Year of ‘Civil Unrest’ for MENA Region

The worsening economic conditions and the lack of structural reforms to improve the living standards of the population is auguring ill for the MENA region, which should brace for a surge of civil unrest in 2018 says an analysis published on the website of the UK’s leading Think Thank, Chatham House. The analysis, signed by […]