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Wed, 22 Dec 2021 05:06:03 GMT
Libya: Tensions As Armed Groups Mobilise in Tripoli
[UN News] The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday expressed concern over the unfolding security situation in the capital, Tripoli, where forces affiliated with different armed groups have been deploying.

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 09:32:06 GMT
Uganda: Tunisia-Uganda Relations Examined
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisian-Ugandan relations and ways to strengthen them were the focus of a meeting on Tuesday between Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othman Jerandi and Uganda's ambassador to Tunisi...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:46:37 GMT
Tunisia: Unloading Procedures Stepped Up for Two Ships Loaded With Cereals, Blocked Off Kerkennah
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Procedures for unloading the cargoes of two of the four ships loaded with imported grains started on Tuesday, Local Director of the Cereals Office Radhouan Kammar told TAP.

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:46:34 GMT
Tunisia: Tunisia-Climate Change - Food Security Could Be Seriously Impacted By 2050 and 2100
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Climate change could be synonymous with a dramatic drop in national production of cereals, olive oil and fodder by 2050. This decline should be amplified by 2100, thus impacting food security, says a study on "...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:46:32 GMT
Tunisia: Mohamed Taher Missaoui Appointed President of INT
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Ministry of Communication Technologies, on Tuesday, announced the appointment of Mohamed Taher Missaoui as President of the National Telecommunications Authority (INT).

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:46:30 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Nabeul Logs One More Fatality, 22 New Infections
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A man from Hammam Leghzaz, Nabeul governorate, has died of the coronavirus, bringing the death toll of the virus in the region to 1,454, Local Director of Preventive Health Omar Selimi told TAP on Tuesday.

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:46:27 GMT
Tunisia: SNJT Freedoms Committee Calls for Immediate Withdrawal of Najla Bouden's Circular On 'Rules of Government Communication'
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Freedoms Committee of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) said it rejects the circular sent by the prime minister to ministers and secretaries of state, under the title "On the rules of govern...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:26:07 GMT
Tunisia: Vaccination Centres Record Unusually High Attendance Prior to Vaccination Pass Imposition
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- COVID-19 vaccination centres saw an unusually high flow in different regions of the country, a few hours before the application of the presidential decree imposing the presentation of a vaccination pass in publ...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:26:04 GMT
Tunisia: Kébili - Symposium On Development of Agricultural Products in Saharan Regions
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The work of the international symposium on the technologies of transformation of agricultural products in the Saharan regions (TAGS_2021) started Tuesday in Kebili.

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:26:01 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Gabes Records 3 More Deaths and 18 Infections
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Gabes has recorded 3 more deaths of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, a source from the Local Health Directorate told TAP on Tuesday.

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:25:58 GMT
Tunisia: Only 10 Percent of Public Administration Websites Have Valid Security Certificate
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A recent study revealed that only 10% of the electronic sites of hundreds of public administrations have a valid security certificate, which "negatively affects the confidence of citizens in Tunisian administra...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:25:55 GMT
Tunisia: CCIC Organises Virtual Innovation Week in January
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Central Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIC) is organising the Virtual Innovation Week in the fields of water, energy and food from January 17 to 20, 2022.

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:24:17 GMT
Algeria: President Tebboune Receives Pakistani, Greek Ambassadors
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune received Tuesday the ambassadors of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and of Greece, Ata-Ul-Munim Shahid and Nike Ekaterini Koutrakou, respectively, who paid him a fare...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:14:13 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Over 57,000 Jabs Admiistered On Dec.20
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 57,173 COVID-19 jabs were administered on December 20, the Health Ministry said.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:14:11 GMT
Tunisia: AAAID Undertakes to Help Tunisia Make Most of Funding Programme for Small-Scale Farmers
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID) will endeavour to help Tunisia make the most of the funding programme for small-scale farmers as soon as possible, said AAAID President Moh...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:15:13 GMT
Tunisia: AfDB Approves €104 Million Loan to Implement Pmir II 2nd Phase in Tunisia
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved a ?104 million loan (equivalent to 330 million dinars) to implement the 2nd phase of the Road Infrastructure Modernisation Programme (PMIR II) in Tunisia.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:03:11 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Zaghouan Logs 7 More Infections, Including 1 Imported
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Zaghouan 7 more COVID-19 infections, including one imported case, that of a citizen living in Europe who came to Tunisia for a holiday.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:02:49 GMT
Egypt: Libyan Minister Says Egypt Major Partner to Achieve Stability
[Egypt Online] Libyan Minister of Labor Ali Al Abed has underscored his country's need for Egyptian workers in the fields of medicine and construction, noting that Egypt is a major partner in efforts to achieve stability there.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:02:44 GMT
Egypt: Manpower Minister Urges Egyptians to Register Requests for Work in Libya
[Egypt Online] Manpower Minister Mohamed Saafan has said that Egyptian workers wishing to join the labor market in Libya should first be registered in an integrated database that is part of an e-linkage system launched between the two Arab countries ...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 15:07:38 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Sentences Activist Alaa Abdel Fatah to 5 Years in Prison
[DW] Alaa Abdel Fatah was a prominent figure in the 2011 revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak. The activist's family have long decried the conditions of his years-long detention.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:21:37 GMT
Egypt: Makram Commends Parliament's Support for 'Speak Arabic' Initiative
[Egypt Online] State Minister of Emigration & Egyptian Expatriates' Affairs Nabila Makram commended on Monday 20/12/2021 the support of the House of Representatives for the presidential initiative "Speak Arabic," according to a statement by the minis...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:21:35 GMT
Egypt: Maait - New Taxes Do Not Place New Burdens On Ordinary Citizens' Minister
[Egypt Online] Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said on Monday 20/12/2021 the new tax draft law aims to increase the State's general budget, raise salaries, and support citizens.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:21:33 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Keen On Sponsoring Persons of Determination - Sobhy
[Egypt Online] Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhy on Monday 20/12/2021 confirmed keenness of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on supporting and sponsoring persons with special needs.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:21:29 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Reports 903 New Infections, 49 Deaths - Health Ministry
[Egypt Online] The Ministry of Health and Population announced on Monday20/12/2021 that 903 new coronavirus cases were registered, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 376,233.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:21:29 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Gives Directives to Support, Develop Industry - Madbouli
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli asserted that the bodies of the state continue to present different facilitations to attract investors and pump new investments whether to establish factories or new companies or implement plans to expa...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 06:55:49 GMT
Egypt: President El-Sisi Follows-Up On Implementation of Engineering Authority Projects Nationwide
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met on Monday 20/12/2021 with Presidential Advisor for Urban Planning Major General Amir Sayed Ahmed, Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Major General Ihab Al-Far, Director of Armed Forces Eng...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:14:26 GMT
Tunisia: Sfax - Four Ships Loaded With Cereals, Blocked Off Kerkennah for Non-Payment Reasons
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Four merchant ships, flying foreign flags, loaded with wheat, barley and flour, have remained immobile for weeks off the island of Kerkennah (Governorate of Sfax), unable to dock at the commercial port of Sfax ...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:14:25 GMT
Tunisia: Kaïs Saïed Calls for Law Enforcement Within 'Reasonable' Time
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Receiving, on Monday at Carthage Palace, Justice Minister Leila Jaffel and Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine, President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed insisted on the need to enforce the law to all in an equi...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:14:22 GMT
Tunisia: Head of State Inquires About Military Institution's Activities
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed received, on Monday evening, at Carthage Palace, Minister of National Defence Imed Memmich.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:58:42 GMT
Egypt: Egypt PM Follows Up Restoration Work At Historic Cairo Area
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli reviewed on Monday ongoing restoration work at historic Cairo area in the presence of Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel Aal and head of the Urban Development Fund Khaled Sediq.



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