Tunis to host PALU 9th Annual Conference on September 27-29, 2018

Tunis will host the 9th Annual Conference of the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) on September 27-29, 2018. “One Continent, One People, One Economy: Developing Africa through continental free trade and free movement” is the theme of the 9th Annual Conference of the Pan African Lawyers Union which will bring together at least 600 lawyers from all corners of the African continents. The PALU 9th conference will provide the opportunity for the participants to attend debates of current issues in the African continent and to voice aspiration for a united,…

Tunisia’s first contemporary art fair opens

Women in watermark, calligraphic portraits, ceramics with almost lively folds: dozens of Tunisian artists exhibit until Sunday in the heart of Tunis works usually confined to galleries, first attempt to open the market of contemporary art in Tunisia.  “A place like this in Tunisia did not exist,” Sabrine Chaouch, a visual artist exhibiting at the first Journées de l’art contemporain de Carthage (JACC), told AFP. “Having worked for years, and finally getting there, is (…) really a very nice satisfaction,” adds the young artist, very moved to have found a potential…

Aquarius requests disembarkation of 11 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

The vessel has refused to transfer the migrants to a Libyan patrol boat insisting the country was not a safe haven. The humanitarian vessel MV Aquarius has refused to hand over a group of 11 rescued migrants to a Libyan patrol boat, insisting that Libya was not safe for people to be returned to. The vessel said it had requested permission to disembark 11 migrants in Tunisia, Malta or Italy, however a spokesperson for the Armed Forces of Malta, which is responsible for Malta’s search and rescue zone, said it…