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HAICA, Tunisia’s media watchdog, has fined Qatar based al Jazeera with around $16,300 fine for publishing 25 July referendum opinion poll results that the institution believes will influence voters. In a statement issued Tuesday, HAICA, Webdo Tunis reports, poll results, which were aired on the July 12, 2022 episode of “Al-Hassad,” could influence the will […]
The kingdom of Morocco will deploy to Qatar, ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a team of cybersecurity experts at the request of the Gulf country for the global event taking place across November and December, local media reported. The news surfaced after the visit Abdellatif Hammouchi, the head of Morocco’s General Directorate for […]
Morocco and Qatar signed, Monday in Doha, six agreements and memoranda of understanding in various sectors on the occasion of the holding in Doha of the 8th session of the High Joint Commission. The accords cover the fields of endowments and Islamic Affairs; tourism; trade, as well as financial control between the two countries’ audit […]
The Tunisian Football Federation, FTF, Sunday fired the manager of the national soccer team replacing him with his deputy, one day after returning from the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) underway in Cameroon. The FTF in a statement said Mondher Kbaier’s contract has been terminated and his deputy Jalel Kadri has been handed the job. […]
After suffering a diplomatic humiliation with the cancelation of the Arab summit that was planned in March in Algiers, Pdt. Abdelmajid Tebboune flew on Tuesday to Cairo seeking Egypt’s leverage to shore up Arab support for the summit venue. The hubris of Algerian military junta, de facto rulers, has been shaken to the core by […]
The 42nd Summit of the High Council for Gulf Cooperation (GCC) was held this Tuesday, in the city of Al ‘Ula, in the north-west of Saudi Arabia, with the participation of the leaders of its member states, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain. The summit has […]
Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt have advanced to the third and last round of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup to be held in Qatar. The four football names in the region topped their respective groups – underlining their dominion on football on the continent. Morocco earlier booked its place before the November fixtures. Algeria […]
Turkey Tuesday complained to Libyan authorities about the desecration of its flags by followers of Libyan rebel General Khalifa Haftar, in Tobruk, East of the oil-rich African country. Haftar’s supporters placed a Turkish flag on the street for cars to drive on it en route to the headquarters of the House of Representatives in Tobruk, […]
Qatar will grant Tunisia, in June, a credit line of $2 billion, Riadh Chaïbi, advisor to the Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament, Rached Ghannouchi announced as Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi is currently undertaking a three-day state visit to the Gulf country. Mechichi, during a meeting with his host, Qatari Premier Sheikh Khaled bIn Khalifa […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi will pay a state visit to Qatar early June at the invitation of his Qatari counterpart Cheikh Khaled Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the ambassador of the Gulf country to Tunis has revealed. Saad Bin Nasser Al-Hamidi told al-sharq news media that he handed out the invitation for an official visit […]