Day: April 7, 2018

Tunisia to become second African country to legally prohibit racial discrimination

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I have the deep conviction that history goes towards one direction, that of the equality between people. – Mehdi Ben Gharbia, Tunisian human rights minister Tunisia will become the second country in the 55-member African Union, after South Africa, to pass an anti-racial discrimination law, Mehdi Ben Gharbia, the country’s human rights minister, said. The legal initiative reflects the attitude of a growing number of Tunisians who say skin colour should be no issue in a country that, for centuries, has been a mosaic of diverse cultures, religions, races and…

Merkel Vows Full Probe After German Van Crash Leaves Four Dead

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised a full investigation after a man killed three people by driving a van into a street cafe in the western city of Muenster, then fatally shot himself on the scene. About 20 people were injured in the incident on Saturday afternoon, which recalled recent terrorist attacks using vehicles, including one on a Christmas market in Berlin in 2016 that killed 12 people. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported the dead suspect was a German national with a history of psychological trouble and that police were already…

Tunisian-Libyan Business Council established to foster economic relations

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The Tunisian-African Business Council (TABC) on Friday in Tunis launched the first Tunisian-Libyan Business Council. The aim of this council is to focus on a better economic rapprochement between the two countries and provide the necessary support to relaunch trade and investment between the two business communities, said Bassem Loukil, President Tunisian African Business Council (TABC), at the launch of the first bilateral business council. He said  that “the aim of the step is to restore the dynamism to the Tunisian-Libyan relations.”  “The recent years were characterized by the absence…