Tunisia

Morocco: New roadmap to promote tourism

The Ministry of Tourism has elaborated a new roadmap covering the 2020-2022 period to promote the sector, which took the brunt of the crisis entailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The roadmap, presented by Tourism Minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui, during the government Council meeting held on Thursday, aims at laying the foundations for a sustainable transformation […]

Electricity, key for Africa’s development – ECA top official

In Africa, nearly 600 million people, or 48% of the continent’s population, still lack access to electricity, with the majority living in rural areas.   The continent will not fully develop if hundreds of millions of its people continue to live without electricity, Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said Thursday. Songwe who […]

Algeria: Dozens of ex-soldiers stage protest near Tunisian border

Dozens of former Algerian soldiers have staged a sit-in protest near the Tunisian border to demand a pension increase amid soaring food prices and shortage of staple products fueling widespread popular discontent. These disgruntled ex-soldiers gathered near the borders to vent out their anger as all demonstrations against the military regime have been banned since […]