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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:30:57 GMT
Tunisia: Public Consultation - Head of State Chairs Meeting On Preparations for Launch of Online Platform
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied chaired, Wednesday at the Palace of Carthage, a meeting that reviewed preparations underway for the launch of the online platform dedicated to the public consultation.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:11:22 GMT
Tunisia: Handball - Four-Nation Tournament - Day 2 - Tunisia Concede Defeat to Netherlands 28-33
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia's national handball team lost to their Dutch counterpart 28-33 at a Four-Nation Tournament day-2 game played on Wednesday in Gdansk, Poland.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:11:17 GMT
Tunisia: Defence Minister Meets With China's Ambassador
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Military cooperation between Tunisia and China and ways to strengthen it were discussed at a meeting Wednesday between Minister of National Defence Imed Memmich and China's ambassador to Tunisia ZHANG Jianguo.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:11:13 GMT
Tunisia: Finance Law 2022 - Support Measures for Tourism Facilities That Kept Employees During Pandemic
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The 2022 Finance Law contains a series of measures to support tourism facilities and craft businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. This law provides for a temporary allowance of 200 dinars for employee...

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:11:09 GMT
Tunisia: Individual Arrested in Siliana Over Suspected Belonging to Terrorist Groups
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Counter-terrorism brigades in Siliana arrested an individual suspected of belonging to terrorist groups. The arrest was made in coordination with the local judicial police units, a security source told TAP.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:42:21 GMT
Algeria: President Tebboune Installs Chairperson, Members of National Civil Society Watchdog
[Algerie Presse Service] ALGIERS-The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday installed the chairperson and members of the National Civil Society Watchdog, under his constitutional powers and pursuant to Article 213 of the Constit...

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:26 GMT
Tunisia: Prime Minister Meets U.S. Ambassador
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Ambassador of the United States Donald Blome expressed his country's satisfaction after the announcement by President Kaïs Saïed of the political deadlines for the next stage.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:25 GMT
Tunisia: Online Platform to Integrate Persons With Disabilities in Economic and Social Life Operational Soon
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Organisation for the Defence of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OTDDPH) has developed an online platform called Kif Kif to help people with disabilities integrate the social and economic l...

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:22 GMT
Tunisia: Two Lines of Credit to Finance Small Trades Affected By Pandemic and Sse Companies to Be Launched
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Finance Act 2022 provides for the establishment of two lines of credit; the first to finance project developers and small trades affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the second to finance social and sol...

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:20 GMT
Tunisia: Cooperation, Migration and Waste Issue At Heart of Meeting Between PM and Italian FM
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Najla Bouden, on Wednesday, met with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio at the Government Palace in Kasbah.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:17 GMT
Tunisia: LTDH Expresses 'Concern Tunisian Judiciary Would Slide Into Political Instrumentalisation'
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Human Rights League (French: LTDH) expressed "concern the Tunisian judiciary would slide into political instrumentalisation and power struggle." It also criticised record time rullings in cases lyi...

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:10 GMT
Tunisia: Finance Law 2020 - Creation of Fund to Support PPP, Partly Financed By CDC
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A support fund for public-private partnership will be created under Article 13 of the Finance Act 2022. It aims to support and develop partnership projects between public structures and institutions and the pri...

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:13:22 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Over 3,258 Refugees, Asylum Seekers Vaccinated Till November
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Over 3,258 refugees and asylum seekers out of 9,200 in Tunisia received COVID-19 vaccination till late November, said executive head of the Tunisian Refugee Council's Refugee Protection Project Abderrazak Krimi...

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 14:34:34 GMT
Tunisia: Social and Solidarity Economy Contributes Less Than 0.01 Percent of GDP of Agricultural Sector
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The social and solidarity economy (SSE)'s contribution to Tunisia's economic dynamics is modest and accounts for less than 0.01% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the agricultural sector: these are the mai...

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:37:00 GMT
Egypt: PM Greets Sisi On New Year
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli sent a cable of greetings to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday, wishing him a happy New Year.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:36:57 GMT
Egypt: Shoukry Probes With Rwandan FM Means to Boost Ties
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had talks on Wednesday with his Rwandan counterpart Vincent Biruta at the start of his visit to the Rwandan capital Kigali.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:36:55 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Advances On WHO Overall Health Performance Index
[Egypt Online] Egypt has realized advanced strides on the World Health Organization (WHO) Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Index measuring overall health performance in relation to a boarder set of health-related targets of Sustainable Development goa...

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:36:53 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Urges Changing Construction Culture in Egypt
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has called for changing the culture of construction in Egypt, stressing that unplanned buildings tarnish the country's image.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:36:50 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Honors Youngest Volunteer in 'Decent Life' Initiative
[Egypt Online] Youssef Nasser Fouad, the youngest volunteer in the "Decent Life" initiative, has been honored by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi during a ceremony at the end of the "Upper Egypt Week".

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:36:48 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Pledges to Change Egypt's Reality for the Better
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi pledged to work with the government to change Egypt's reality for the better.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:36:42 GMT
Egypt: Cabinet Holds Its Weekly Meeting to Discuss Important Files
[Egypt Online] The Cabinet started on Wednesday its meeting under Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli to discuss political, social and economic files, as well as the latest developments regarding COVID-19 and how to provide vaccines doses to citizens.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:07:25 GMT
Morocco: Local University Awarded Patent for Robotic Scorpion Venom Extraction
[MAP] Casablanca -- The Hassan II University of Casablanca holds a patent for a revolutionary robotic system for scorpion venom extraction and will present a book on this topic next January, says the university in a statement.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:58:53 GMT
Tunisia: Justice Minister Calls for Investigation Into Late President Essebsi's Death
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Minister of Justice has submitted to the Prosecutor General at the Court of Appeal of Tunis a request to initiate an investigation into the circumstances of the death of the late Beji Caid Essebsi, Habib To...

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:00:01 GMT
Morocco: Twenty-Three Killed in Road Accidents in Morocco's Urban Areas Last Week
[MAP] Rabat -- Twenty-three people were killed and 2,066 others were injured, including 75 seriously, in 1,506 road accidents that occurred in urban areas from December 20 to 26, 2021, National Police (DGSN) said.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:23:39 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Beats Qatar in 1st Friendly Handball Match
[Egypt Online] Egypt's national handball team defeated Qatar 32-25 in a friendly played on Tuesday 28/122021 in the Gulf country.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:23:37 GMT
Egypt: All EGX Indices Up, Benchmark Increases 0.54 Pct
[Egypt Online] The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices went up collectively at the close of Tuesday's trading, pushed by strong purchases from Egyptian, Arab and foreign institutions and investment funds.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:23:36 GMT
Rwanda: Shoukry Heads for Kigali to Lay Foundation Stone of Magdi Yacoub Heart Center
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday28/12/2021 headed for Rwanda to take part in a celebration of laying the foundation stone of the Magdi Yacoub Heart Center in Kigali and meet a number of Rwandan officials.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:23:34 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Reports 809 New Coronavirus Cases, 28 Fatalities
[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said on Tuesday night 28/12/2021 that 809 new coronavirus infections were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in Egypt since the beginning of the outbreak to 383,003.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:23:32 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Signs Decree On Traffic, Child Laws
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has issued a presidential decree to amend some provisions of Traffic Law No. 66 of 1973 and Child Law No. 12 of 1996.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:00:47 GMT
Morocco: 'Bi Kouli Hodoue', New Talk Show On M24
[MAP] Rabat -- M24, MAP's 24-hour news channel, launches a new weekly talk show called "Bi kouli hodoue" (in all serenity) as part of its efforts to strengthen its program schedule.



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