Weak states, porous borders and trafficking activities turned the Sahel into a safe heaven for terrorist groups. The terrorist attack on April 14 in Timbuktu by an Al Qaeda offshoot, the Group for the Defense of Islam and the Muslims, came to represent the capacity of the terrorist group to generate and carry out bloody […]
Centre-right political party Afek Tounes, called on Tunisian authorities to re-impose visa requirements to Sub-Saharan migrants as part of measures to stem arrival of flows of migrants from South Saharan African countries who use the North African country as transit to reach Europe’s southern coasts. The party, “Webdo Tunis” reports, in a statement, also calls […]
The government of Tunisia plans to issue €800 million of bonds on the international debt market next year. “Initially, there is a plan to ask parliament for approval to issue bonds worth up to €800 million ($874.24 million) next year,” a senior official told Reuters Wednesday. The official noted however that it was too early […]
