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Tunisia: President fires several governors including Tunis Governor

Tunisian President Kais Saied has fired several governors including Tunis governor Chedly Bouallègue, in a new sweeping move by the leader of the North African country. A statement issued Thursday on the Facebook account of the office of the president also indicated that Kamel Fekih, a current senior official at the ministry of finance and […]

Commemorating Holocaust: Tunisia to Boost its ‘Tolerance Credentials’

Tunisia has recently commemorated the deportation of 5,000 Jews from the country during the Second World War between 1942 and 1943 – an act that astonished many Tunisians. According to the general societal feeling though, the commemoration of the Holocaust – among Jews known as “shoah” – is an interesting step that comes at a […]

Egypt : Investors waiting for key economic actions

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has spent 100 days in office marked with daring economic reforms that his predecessors have avoided as politically-risky reforms. The reforms could attract foreign investors who have stayed away from the country due to the political crises that the country has been experiencing. Bryan Carter, lead portfolio manager for emerging debt […]