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Fri, 10 Dec 2021 05:12:33 GMT
Tunisia: Fire At Ennahdha Party Headquarters Leaves One Dead, 18 Injured
[DW] A member of Tunisia's Ennahdha party burned to death in a fire at the party's HQ in Tunis. The suspended party's vice president, formerly the prime minister, was among the 18 wounded.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:00:29 GMT
Tunisia: General Situation in the Country At Heart of Saied-Bouden Meeting
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saïed met on, Thursday at the Palace of Carthage, Prime Minister Najla Bouden-Romdhane.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:00:26 GMT
Tunisia: Lack of a Legislative Framework Governing Disaster Resilience Pinpointed
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian legal system lacks a comprehensive legislative framework governing resilience to disasters, pandemics and communicable diseases, Secretary General of the Tunisian Organisation Against Torture Mondh...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:18:30 GMT
Tunisia: Nearly 70 MD Earmarked for National Projects of Prevention, Fight Against Transboundary Pests
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Nearly 70 million dinars were earmarked for national projects geared towards the prevention and fight against transboundary pests, said Director-General of Plant Health and Agricultural Input Control at the Agr...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:18:26 GMT
Tunisia: Handicrafts - Digital Platform Atlas to Be Launched On December 15
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Rambourg Foundation announced Thursday, the launch in partnership with the National Office of Tunisian Handicrafts, the digital platform ATLAS, and the holding of an exhibition from December 15, 2021, to Ja...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:18:23 GMT
Tunisia: OMCT - Tunisia Has Not Carried Out Any Reform That Guarantees Dignity of Its Citizens
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- "Eleven years after the outbreak of the revolution, Tunisia has not carried out any deep structural reform to preserve the rule of law and the dignity of its citizens," the World Organisation Against Torture (O...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:18:20 GMT
Tunisia: Trade Balance Stands At - 14 653.8 Md INS
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The trade balance stood at -14 653.8 MD over the eleven months of 2021, against -11 666.6 MD during the same period of 2020, the INS said Thursday in its note on "Foreign Trade at current prices".

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:18:18 GMT
Tunisia: Palestinian President Winds Up Visit to Tunisia
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas left Tunisia on Thursday afternoon, at the end of a three-day official visit.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:18:16 GMT
Tunisia: Revenue From Collection of Customs Duties Rises 17 Percent Until End November
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The revenue from collection of customs duties has reached 7614 million dinars (MD), until the end of November 2021, up 17% compared to the same period in 2020, said head of the monitoring unit at the Directorat...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:18:16 GMT
Tunisia: Fire At Ennahdha Headquarters - Charred Body Found, 18 Injured - Interior
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A charred body was found in Ennahdha Party headquarters in Montplaisir neighbourhood, where a fire broke out on Thursday afternoon, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:14:45 GMT
Egypt: For Families of Al-Jazeera Journalists Jailed in Egypt, an Agonizing Choice
[CPJ] When Al -- Jazeera journalists Mohamed Said Fahmy, Hisham Abdelaziz, and Bahaa Eldin Ibrahim Neamatalla were arrested on terrorism charges in Egypt between 2018 and 2020, their families decided to keep quiet about their detention. They feared t...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:00:21 GMT
Tunisia: Ennahdha Announces Death of Activist in Fire At Its Headquarters - Press Release
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Ennahdha Movement announced the death of "one of its activists" in the fire that broke out Thursday afternoon in its headquarters in Tunis, saying, contrary to statements by the Public Prosecutor's Office "...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:00:12 GMT
Tunisia: Person Who Died in Fire At Central Headquarters, Set Himself Ablaze in First Floor - Public Prosecutor
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A person was killed in the fire that broke out at the central headquarters of Ennahdha party in Montplaisir neighbourhood, Tunis, on Thursday afternoon, said the Public Prosecutor's Office, adding the person se...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:00:06 GMT
Tunisia: Solar Power Plant for Self-Consumption of Tunisian Cheese Company Inaugurated in Tebourba
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A 85 kWp solar power plant for self-consumption of the Tunisian cheese factory "Centrale des produits laitiers- SOUANI," located in Tebourba, 30 km from Tunis, was inaugurated on Thursday, December 9, 2021.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:00:00 GMT
Tunisia: Chihia Municipal By-Elections - Final Lists to Be Released On Jan.9 At Latest (Isie)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Independent High Authority for Elections (French: ISIE) announced on Thursday the preliminary validation of three lists in Chihia municipal by-elections (Sfax), due next January 29-30.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:59:58 GMT
Tunisia: Gabes-Covid-19 - 4 People Tested Positive
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Four people in the governorate of Gabes have tested positive for the coronavirus following the publication Thursday of the results of 41 tests.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:59:57 GMT
Tunisia: 1st French Tech Tour Tunisia - 'Discovering Liveliness of Digital Ecosystem and Startups in Tunisia' - Business France
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Business France Tunisia announced Thursday that it is organising the first French Tech Tour Tunisia, an acceleration mission dedicated to innovative French companies.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:59:50 GMT
Tunisia: Fire At Central Headquarters of Ennahdha Under Control, Larayedh and Harouni Injured
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The fire that broke out Thursday afternoon at the central headquarters of Ennahdha in Tunis was brought under control by Civil Protection units, noted the special envoy of TAP news agency on the scene.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:59:44 GMT
Tunisia: Bizerte - Takfirist Cell in Sejnane Dismantled
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The security units in Bizerte, in coordination with the National Guard Directorate in Aouina, have dismantled a takfirist cell composed of 5 members in the delegation of Sejnane.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:32:01 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Receives Israeli FM
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Thursday Israel's Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid, said presidential spokesman Bassam Rady.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:31:59 GMT
Algeria: President Tebboune Receives Rector of Great Mosque of Paris
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune received Thursday, in Algiers, the rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Chems Eddine Hafiz, the presidency of the Republic said in a statement.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:31:49 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Approves Loan to Develop Power Sector Reforms
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued presidential decree 324 of 2021 approving a 25-billion-yen loan to develop power sector reforms.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:31:43 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Reiterates Egypt's Continued Efforts to Achieve Just, Comprehensive Peace in Middle East
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reiterated on Thursday Egypt's continued efforts to achieve just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East based on the two-state solution and international legitimacy terms of reference to help realize ...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:26:08 GMT
Tunisia: Exaggeration of Corruption Damages Country's Image - Study
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A study on corruption in Tunisia shows that the exaggeration of this phenomenon by the media and in the minds of Tunisians and its political instrumentalisation have significantly damaged the image of the count...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:26:04 GMT
Tunisia: Dam Fill Volume Reaches 820 Million Cubic Metres
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Recent rains brought the dam fill volume to 820 million cubic metres out of a total capacity of 2.337 billion cubic metres, that is a fill rate of 35%.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:25:59 GMT
Tunisia: EBRD Provides Attijari Bank With Second Unfunded Risk-Sharing Guarantee
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is firming up access to finance for Tunisian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), the bank said in a press release Thursday.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:41:04 GMT
Egypt: Egypt, Cyprus Discuss Cooperation in Natural Gas Projects
[Egypt Online] Petroleum Minister Tarek el Molla discussed Wednesday with Cypriot Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides and Chevron's President for the Middle East, Africa and South America Clay Neff means of boosting cooperation, ...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:41:01 GMT
Egypt: PM Receives Mikati At Cairo Airport
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli received on Thursday his Lebanese counterpart Najib Mikati upon his arrival at Cairo International Airport.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:40:59 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Says He Is Proud of Working With Merkel Over Years
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Thursday that he is very proud of working and cooperating with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the past seven years.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:40:56 GMT
Egypt: PM - Sisi Keen On Holding High-Level Preparations for Cop 27
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli asserted the government's keenness on holding the first meeting of the higher committee concerned with Egypt's hosting of climate conference or COP 27, as climate change file is very important for the co...



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