Day: March 25, 2017

unis-Khartoum flights, suspended since 1989, will resume in early September, Premier Youssef Chahed announced. This air link will deliver a boost to cooperation and increase the pace of visits and business between the two countries, he said. The agreement was reached at the closure of the High Joint Commission meeting, held Thursday in Khartoum under the chairmanship of Youssef Chahed and Sudan’s First Vice-President and Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Saleh. Twenty-two accords were inked in addition to memoranda of understanding in several economic sectors. Chahed told a press conference Tunisia…

A recently published higher education cooperation plan with Tunisia represents the latest milestone in Turkey’s plan to set up joint universities with North African Arab states in what is seen as an expression of cultural diplomacy or ‘soft power’ aimed at building regional alliances and partnerships. The Tunisia-Turkey higher education HE cooperation plan was published on the website of the Tunisian Higher Education Ministry on 9 March and marks a first step in the implementation of recommendations issued at the Turkish-Tunisia Universities Collaboration Forum held by Higher Education Council in…

Tunisia has summoned the British ambassador over the recent UK carry-on electronics ban on flights from Tunisia. Tunisia has summoned the British ambassador over the decision of the United Kingdom to prohibit passengers on flights from Tunisia from having some electronics in their carry-on, Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry has announced. “Tunisia is surprised by this decision, which was taken without consultation with the Tunisian authorities or informing them in advance,” the ministry said in a statement. The ban was ordered Tuesday morning by British Prime Minister Theresa May after a number of meetings on aviation safety. In her view, the measure does not…

Tunisia- Different economic entities in Tunisia, in both the private and public sectors, are searching for successful means to enter the promising African markets. Tunisia is seeking to overcome some obstacles, including political instability, transportation difficulties, and lack of entities representing different state institutions interested in trade and investment in most African countries. Consequently, Tunisia founded an economic council representing African political parties during a meeting it hosted on March 18-19. The meeting’s attendees elected Tunisia as the chair of the council, Senegal as first deputy, Ethiopia as second deputy,…