Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, Deputy Commanding General for Africa

Tunisia’s Prime Minister-designate names first blind minister in cabinet team

Nominated Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi unveiled Monday his cabinet, which will include the country’s first blind minister. Walid Zidi, 34, will be in charge of the culture portfolio in Mechichi’s 25-minister lineup waiting to be confirmed by the parliament. Zidi is also the first ever blind Tunisian to land a doctorate degree. He graduated […]

King Mohammed VI expresses Morocco’s readiness to bolster brotherly, age-old ties with Guinea

King Mohammed VI has sent a message of congratulations to President of the Transition, Head of State of Guinea, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, on his country’s National Day, wherein he expressed Morocco’s readiness to bolster the brotherly and age-old ties binding the two countries.   “I would like to express the high regard I have for […]

Tunisia: Media tycoon sentenced to three years in prison for involvement in deadly road accident

A court in Tunisia has ordered the arrest of Abdelhamid Ben Abdallah, a businessman and owner of a private television after his condemnation to three years in prison in a trial for involuntary homicide. The arrest warrant came from the Court of appeal of the Nabeul, a coastal town located in northeastern Tunisia. Abdelhamid Ben […]