Day: November 24, 2016

Moroccan convicted for terrorism proselytism sentenced to over six years in jail

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According to ANSA English Editions a Moroccan national was convicted of proselytism for terrorism via the Internet by a Rome judge on Thursday and sentenced to six years, two months and 20 days in jail. Abderrahim El Khalfi, a 38-year-old pizza chef, was arrested in Rome in July 2015 and is thought to have been a member of a terror cell whose activities included encouraging people to plan and carry out attacks in Italy and North Africa. Prosecutors had asked for a 12-year prison term. ANSA

Expert group meeting on territorialisation of industrial policy

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(TAP) – An expert group meeting on the “Territorialisation of Industrial Policy and Inclusive Development” was held on Thursday in Tunis by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Office for North Africa. The meeting seeks to identify necessary reforms for the territorialisation of industrial policies to contribute to a more inclusive development in North Africa. Acting Director of the ECA office for North Africa Omar Ismael Abdourahman said this event is an opportunity to discuss and enrich the main preliminary results of a study carried out by the Commission to…

Square in memory of twelve presidential guards killed last year inaugurated

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A square in the memory of 12 presidential guards killed in a suicide attack on November 24, 2015 in Tunis was inaugurated Thursday. The inauguration of this square at the barracks of the Presidential Guards in Gammarth took place on the first anniversary of the death of these 12 officers. Families of the martyrs, members of the government and national figures also attended the inauguration ceremony which was chaired by the President of the Republic Beji Caid Essebsi. The President unveiled a memorial, showing three special agents with their weapons,…

A Europe with nowhere to go

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When Donald Trump was elected the next president of the United States on November 8, the doom and gloom across most EU countries was palpable. Some former foreign ministers opined that this was the end of the West as we know it, that the transatlantic relationship was in peril, and that the post-1945 liberal order had come to an end. Europe had to react. Some EU leaders, notably Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, said Trump’s election showed why the EU needed its own army—as if European governments were going…

Marina of Monastir, first Marina in Africa to obtain ISO 14001 V 2015 certification

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The Marina of Monastir has obtained the ISO 14001 V 2015 certification specific to an environmental management system that contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainable development.  It is the first Marina in Africa to obtain the ISO 14001 V 2015 certification by the VERITAS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY. Managed by the Arab Tourist Company (CTA), the Monastir Marina’s   certification testifies to a firm commitment of the company to implement at all levels the systematic devices which constitute a significant added value. This certification is part of an environmental approach consecrated by…

Kurds, Shi’ite fighters to coordinate after sealing off Mosul

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Iraqi Kurdish and Shi’ite forces agreed to coordinate movements after cutting off Mosul from the rest of the territory held by Islamic State in western Iraq and Syria in support of a U.S-backed offensive to capture the city, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday. The agreement was reached at meeting on Wednesday between commanders of Kurdish Peshmerga forces deployed in Sinjar, west of Mosul, and Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Iranian-backed Badr Organisation, the biggest component of the mostly Shi’ite paramilitary coalition known as Popular Mobilisation. Popular mobilization,…