Day: July 18, 2018

Migrants rescued in Maltese SAR stranded on ship outside Tunisia

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Migrants rescued in Maltese SAR have been refused port entry in Malta, Italy and Tunisia according to NGO that says rescued people are now stranded at sea Malta and Italy have been accused of refusing to give safe harbour to 40 migrants rescued by a supply ship inside the Maltese search and rescue region. The NGO WatchTheMed said it had collected information that strongly suggests that a boat carrying 40 migrants from several African countries seeking protection in Europe, was “illegally transferred into Tunisian territorial waters” after having reached international waters…

German Cabinet declares Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria ‘safe’

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Germany’s Cabinet wants to add three Maghreb states and Georgia to a list of “safe countries of origin.” But will the change pass Germany’s upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, where it failed last year? The German government will put forward legislation declaring Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Georgia “safe countries of origin.” The decision was reached after the weekly meeting of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet on Wednesday in Berlin. If enacted, the change in the law would make it easier for Germany to turn back people from and deport them back…

Uncovering the Beauty of Algeria’s Post-Colonial Architecture

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Algiers like you’ve never seen it before  “What I love about photography is the rich and diverse prisms of analysis it offers. We can feel something very immediate if we look at a picture as an isolated piece, but if we place it within a series, we are also able to create a new vocabulary, a new way of reading things”, says 30-year-old French-Tunisian photographer Safouane Ben Slama, who recalls developing an interest in photography through his father who transmitted his passion to him when he was still a kid. There…

Tunisia is officially 20th member of COMESA

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Tunisia officially became Wednesday, the 20th member of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), at the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the member countries, held in Lusaka, capital of Zambia. Minister of Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui ratified in his capacity as representative of President Beji Caid Essebsi, the Treaty of Accession of Tunisia to COMESA, in the presence of Trade Minister Omar El Behi. According to a statement issued today by the Foreign Ministry, Jhinaoui emphasised in a speech read out on behalf of…