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Months after being crowned winner of 2015 Noble Peace Prize, Tunisian Dialogue Quartet Thursday in Oslo solemnly picked up the award paying tribute to freedom, democracy and rights fighters in Tunisia from all social classes and reminded the international community of the urgency to build a self-determined Palestinian state as a major step in the […]
Tunisia and the UN once again called on Libyan political protagonists to urgently ink the UN-brokered National Dialogue Agreement in the face of growing instability and the giant strides of the Islamic State in the North African country. Meeting all factions for the first time, Head of the UNSMIL Martin Kobler reminded the protagonists of […]
2015 Balzan Prize laureate David Karl Wednesday in an interview with Spanish el Mundo indicated that Morocco will become a rich country in a couple of decades as it possesses world largest phosphate reserves. According to the American professor, by 2050 phosphate will become a rare mineral-leading to souring prices that may even create global […]
Tunisia and Qatar Wednesday during the 6th session of the Tunisian-Qatari High Joint Committee in Doha inked several agreements and the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) including military co-operation between the two countries aiming at tackling terrorism in the region. The agreements cover a range of fields including digital communication, culture and art, media cooperation and […]
The Islamic terror movement IS Tuesday celebrated in a video recording the Tunis suicide attack and promised fresh attacks in the Tunisian capital, reports say. The group hailed the suicide bomb attack that rocked the Tunisian capital nearly two weeks ago and which killed 12 members of the Tunisian presidential guard. The attack was perpetrated […]
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid is on a working visit to Jordan as the head of a delegation for the 8th Tunisian-Jordanian joint commission meeting. He met separately with King Abdullah II, his Jordanian counterpart and other senior government officials as both countries intend to increase their scope of cooperation. King Abdullah wants to build […]
Tunisian Minister of tourism and handicrafts told Lawmakers Wednesday that the total number of tourist arrivals has decreased by 26% over the January-November period as compared to the same period last year. Salma Elloumi Rekik said about 4.8 million tourists visited Tunisia this year; recording a 26% drop. She however sounded positive as she said […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Essid Tuesday dismissed Head of the security department, Abderrahmen Belhaj Ali, following the latest Tunis attack on the presidential guard, and replaced him by former head of deposed Ben Ali’s security. Rafik Chelly, Secretary of State for Security Affairs was also dismissed Tuesday without further elaboration. His removal follows Tunis recent suicide […]
Libya’s neighbors and regional blocs Tuesday expressed concern over the ongoing fighting wrecking the dialogue process in the North African oil-rich country, pointing out that only Libyans themselves can solve their own problems, therefore rejecting foreign intervention. Egypt, Tunisia, Chad, Niger, Libya, Sudan, Algeria, the African Union, the EU, the UN, and the Arab League […]
Morocco, which will host 22nd UN Conference on climate changes (COP22), has submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to address climate change to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In its INDC, the North African country pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 32 by 2030. Morocco INDC submission includes detailed […]