US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker

Tunisia: Southerners lash tourism anger on government

Tunisia’s southerners are complaining of being neglected by the government after the Arab Spring due to the state of the once vibrant tourism sector in the region. They blamed the lack of tourists in the area on the ever frequent cancelations of international and local flights. The government is accused of only interested in marketing […]

Libya: Tunisia’s Ennahda leader called to mediate between Gaddafi loyalists and Islamists

Rached Ghannouchi and his party have been urged to reconcile Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists and Islamists, London-based The New Arab reports. Ghannouchi according to Qatari media has been in contact with Libyan sides. A source in the Tunisian Islamist party told the media that Ghannouchi “had recently met with a delegation of acceptable Gaddafi-affiliated figures to […]

Covid-19: Morocco’s King hails achievements in global race to secure vaccines

King Mohammed VI has praised the achievements accomplished by the North African country in the global race to secure early vaccines against covid-19 and ensure successful roll-out of the national vaccination campaign against the pandemic.   In his nationwide speech made Saturday on the occasion of the Throne Day, the Monarch said: “We have every […]