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Tunisia targets 2 percent economic boost this year

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The Tunisian Prime Ministry released a report in which it underlined the country is seeking an economic growth of 2 percent within this year. The report explained Tunisia have settled  a 1.9 percent growth by the end of 2017, from 1 percent during the previous year. The inflation rate of the country was also confirmed to have reached a worse level in February, recording 7.1 percent from January’s 6.9 percent. The report noted that “this is mainly due to the steady pace of clothing-footwear prices and transport price, respective increasing by…

Hundreds rescued as smugglers restart Mediterranean trafficking

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International charity ships and Libya’s coastguard have picked up several hundred migrants after smugglers trying to take advantage of calm seas launched a flurry of boats towards Italy. Libyan coastguard vessels intercepted three migrant boats, the first an inflatable dinghy that had broken down with 125 people on board off Zawiya, just west of the capital, Tripoli, said Ayoub Qassem, a coastguard spokesman. The second boat was turned back off Garabulli, east of Tripoli, and had 112 people on board, while a third boat with 98 migrants on board was…

Tunisia sets ambition to reach 2 pct economic growth in 2018

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Tunisia has set an ambition to reach 2 percent economic growth in 2018, according to a report by the Tunisian Government Presidency on Friday. With a GDP‘s growth of 2 percent in the last quarter of 2017, Tunisia ended the past year with a growth of 1.9 percent against 1 percent in 2016, said the report. The North African country has set an ambitious target in 2018 to reach a 2 percent growth, based on the current economy performance. The Tunisian government said the inflation rate has worsened in February to…

Tunisian women march for equal inheritance rights

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Hundreds of women took to the streets in the Tunisian capital on Saturday to demand equal inheritance rights as men, a subject often seen as taboo in the Arab world. The North African Muslim country grants women more rights than other countries in the region, and since last year has allowed Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men. But the protestors marching to the parliament building in Tunis on Saturday said they wanted to be compared with European women and to be entitled to the same inheritance rights.  Joined by some…

International Women’s Day, a time to reflect on gender rights in the Arab world

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From Tunisia to Saudi Arabia, times are changing in the Arab world and women are gaining more and more rights. International Women’s Day, celebrated March 8, serves as an opportunity to hail advances in women’s rights and voice support for women around the world. This year, the observance drew attention to the Middle East and North Africa, where some of the most exciting reforms and positive developments have emerged. For the first time, Saudi Arabia was at the top of the list. Over the past year, the kingdom introduced landmark…

Three Arab women scientists to be honoured in the UNESCO-L’Oréal awards in Paris

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the L’Oréal Foundation have announced on Friday that they are preparing to honour several international female scientists in their 2018 For Women In Science and International Rising Talents awards programs. Fifteen female scientists, including three from Jordan, UAE and Tunisia, will be recognized in the International Rising Talents program, where as five will be selected for the For Women in Science program. Others to be awarded in the Rising Talents program hail from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North…

Ecological and cultural event “Blue Season” to be held in Tunisia from June 15 to September 30, 2018

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The ecological and cultural event “Blue Season” will be organised along the Tunisian coast from June 15 to September 30, 2018, TAP reports Among the activities organised as part of this event an underwater museum, a festival of photos and underwater paintings in addition to a musical show hosted by the internationally renowned Tunisian musician Jasser Haj Youssef. On the sidelines of a meeting with the French ambassador to Tunisia, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, in Monastir on Friday, Director of the “Our big blue” association, Manel Ben Ismail told TAP that…

Government delegation to visit Gafsa to monitor implementation of agreement on phosphate mining resumption

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A government delegation will visit Gafsa next week to monitor the implementation of the agreement concluded between the Government, the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) and MPs from the Gafsa region on the resumption of phosphate mining in Gafsa, announced Minister of Energy, Mining and Renewable Energy, Khaled Kaddour. The agreement concluded at a meeting held on February 24, 2018 at the Government Palace in Kasbah, the agreement includes a set of measures to improve the living conditions of local citizens and to immediately initiate the implementation of several projects…

Talan Tunisia will hire 1,000 engineers by 2020

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Technology services company Talan will hire 1,000 Tunisian engineers by 2020. Talan Founder and President Mahdi Hawas said the company’s recruitment strategy will be implemented over three years; 250 engineers will be hired in 2018, 350 in 2019 and 450 in 2020. An academy will be created and tasked with competence building through training sessions for engineers and other graduates, the purpose being to adapt training to the requirements of international markets. The firm, which currently employs 500 engineers, intends to triple its turnover, setting a target of 60 million…

Syrian Refugee Crisis Intensifies as Humanitarian Relief Continues

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 This region has been marked with civil unrest, which has led to an unimaginable humanitarian crisis. There is a massive refugee population with many living below the poverty line in Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia, and many other countries. The 7th year of this ongoing crisis in Syria has left an estimated 470,000 people dead with more than 50% displaced as numbers continue to climb from recent attacks. Of the over 4,810,216 registered Syrian refugees 635,324 are residing in Jordan where 86% are living below the local poverty line. Over 13.5 million people are in urgent need of…