Moroccan BIN-ELOUIDANE dam

Tunisia dismantles ISIS recruiting cells, signs €20m aid with France

Few days after Tunisia lifted the state of emergency decreed in July, the interior ministry announced on Tuesday that police neutralized three recruiting “cells” for the Islamic State and arrested 11 people. The statement released by the interior ministry said the dismantled three cells were recruiting youths and sending them to Libya to join the […]

Tunisia to receive $500 million from US

Tunisia’s finance minister returned from the US with a grant of $500 million intended to finance infrastructure projects. “Our visit to Washington was important and fruitful with International Monetary Fund, World Bank and American officials”, minister Ali Kooli told Reuters. Kooli was in Washington to start discussions about a new loan program with the IMF. […]

East Africa regional force pledges to counter advancing M23 rebels, keep Goma safe

The East African Community Regional Force (EACRF), led by Kenya, has vowed to protect the city of Goma, which is home to one million people, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the advancing M23 rebels. Kenya sent recently hundreds of troops to Goma to quell the violence after M23 rebels […]