Egypt, Tunisia sign 10 agreements during cooperation talks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Sunday with Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Heliopolis. The meeting discussed ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation in the political, security and economic fields, as well as various issues of common concern pertaining to the regional and international arena,, especially the Middle East peace process and combating terrorist organizations. Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, ministers and senior officials from both sides attended the meeting. Egypt and Tunisia stressed the importance of strengthening the solidarity among Arab countries to meet the…

Tunisian pomegranates with sweeter and softer seeds

Now is the season in which Chinese pomegranates enter the market, but because they aren’t easily peeled and their seeds are both plentiful and hard, the pomegranates were instantly placed on the list of ‘niche fruit’ and the market demand has become extremely limited. In the past few years, pomegranates from Tunisia seem to have untied the shackles of the pomegranate products, which have been there for many years. Tunisian pomegranates do not only contain softer seeds and more juice, but the edibility rate can reach peaks up to 90%. Moreover, with their large…

Amnesty wants secure path to Europe for migrants in Libya

Ahead of a meeting of the Central Mediterranean Contact Group (CMCG) in Bern on Monday, Amnesty Switzerland has called to make it easier for migrants to be evacuated from Libya and resettled in Switzerland and other European countries. On Thursday, the Swiss section of the international NGO criticised the CMCGexternal link for claiming to want to protect migrants detained in Libya under inhumane conditions while denying them safe passage to Europe with aid of the Libyan coast guard. Since the beginning of the year, around 14,000 migrants have been rescued at sea…

EU wheat edges down as USDA report offsets Algeria tender hopes

Euronext wheat futures turned slightly lower in late trading on Thursday to close at a one-week low, after higher than expected estimates of U.S. corn and soybean production quelled optimism about French wheat clinching export sales in an Algerian tender. December milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext settled down 0.25 euro, or 0.2 percent, at 160.25 euros ($186.60) a tonne, its weakest level since Nov. 2.  It earlier added as much as 1.25 euros, recouping losses from Wednesday, supported by hopes for French wheat in Algeria’s tender on Thursday as well…

Mozambique war-time Western wins at Tunisia film festival

The story of an epic train journey across war-torn Mozambique by a Brazilian director has been awarded the top prize at Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival. “The Train of Salt and Sugar” by Licinio Azevedo, a Brazilian who lives in the African country, received the Tanit d’Or as the festival wrapped up on Saturday. Like a Western, the film follows the perilous journey of a train that sets off across rebel-held areas to exchange salt for sugar in 1989 during Mozambique’s civil war. The Tanit d’Argent went to South Africa’s John…