Division of state institutions, bureaucracy, and corruption were key obstacles to promoting foreign direct investments in war-torn Libya, despite the country’s colossal need in terms of infrastructure and economic diversification, the US State department said. “Despite the high potential for domestic and foreign investment in Libya due to its reconstruction needs, unmet consumer demand, and […]
Ayachi Zammel, a candidate in Tunisia’s presidential election scheduled for Sunday October 6, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. The sentence adds to two other recent verdicts, but “he remains in the running for the ballot”, his lawyer said on Tuesday October 1. These new convictions come just five days before an election […]
A scandal! That is how Algerian press described the outbreak of Cholera in Algeria twenty years after it was eradicated. The health ministry confirmed that 41 people have contracted the disease in Algiers, Blida, Tipazza and Bouira, although doctors deem the number lower than the real scale of the outbreak. Jamal Fourara, an official from […]
