Medical tourism generates around $330 million for Tunisia every year and positions the country as the second destination in the world right after France, Webdo Tunis reports, citing the country’s tourism authority (ONTT). ONTT also revealed that 550,000 tourists visit Tunisia every year and the average spending per patient is $3,000 per week. The medical […]
The United States backs a Security Council reform that would offer Africa two permanent seats, Reuters reported, adding that Washington also supports a rotating seat for small island nations. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told Reuters however that the new UN Security Council members would not have veto power, which shall remain limited […]
In May 2012, leaders of the G8 countries met in France in order to discuss an eventual support of the ongoing revolutionary processes of the Arab Spring. Although a number of countries have already helped financially or otherwise, the current amounts of aid implicitly suggest that another Marshall Plan in not going to take place. […]
