Day: May 1, 2018

Tunisia explores new Silk Road to revive its economy

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Tunisia is exploring the new Silk Road, which is expected to make it an investment hub in the region after officials revealed that the government is moving towards a strategic partnership with China before the end of current year. Tunisia’s rush to snatch a share of China’s investment in its new Silk Road strategy have accelerated in a move that experts say will boost the economic sectors in the country. Officials have unveiled plans for a clear strategy to link new partnerships with Beijing before the end of the year…

Libya and US sign agreements on policing, prisons and justice

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Libya and the US signed a number of agreements in Tunis last week. Libya’s Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Lutfi Almughrabi and the US Charge d’Affairs, Stephanie Williams, signed a Memorandum of Intent on Friday for airport security, and a Letter of Agreement to support Libyan policing, prisons and justice sector development, Libya’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala was present at the signing ceremony and hosted by Ambassador Maaloul at the Libyan Embassy to Tunisia. Siala and Williams reaffirmed their commitment to the UN Action Plan for Libya. Today’s signings demonstrate…

Tunisia’s Democratic Experiment Enters New Phase with Local Elections

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Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution in 2011 that ousted then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali set off the Arab Spring, a series of popular uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa that resulted in the overthrow of sclerotic governments. But the early optimism of the Arab Spring has since dimmed, as the revolutionary protests led to chronic instability in places like Yemen and Libya, the rise of a new authoritarian regime in Egypt and a bloodbath in Syria. Except in Tunisia. The country has clung to its initial hopes to enact reforms…

Africa’s largest cancer drug production unit opens in Tunisia

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The largest cancer drug production unit in Africa and the Middle East opened Monday in Tunisia, Tunisian government announced on Monday. This unit, located in the governorate of Nabeul in northeast Tunisia, costs an investment of over 50 million Tunisian dinars ( 20.47 million U.S. dollars). It will hire 100 employees including doctors and pharmacists. According to Lassaad Boujebal, the founder of this project, this unit is a pharmaceutical laboratory specialized in the manufacture of cancer and biological drugs. Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said in a brief statement that…