Day: February 12, 2017

“Tunisia must recapture citizens’ confidence to achieve development” (OECD official)

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Tunisia is capable of making great strides in development over the next period, provided that the authorities win back the confidence of citizens and especially young people who need radical solutions to solve the problem of unemployment,” Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mari Kiviniemi affirmed. Speaking on Sunday at the World Government Summit held from February 12 to 14 in Dubai, he added that “what happened in the world over the last year shows the need for states to regain the confidence of their…

Al-Ghannouchi mediates between Al-Sarraj and Haftar

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Informed sources told Libya Al-Mostakbal website that the head of the Tunisian Al-Nahda party, Rashed Al-Ghannouchi, started efforts to hold a meeting between the head of the Presidential Council (PC) of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, and the commander of the army of the House of Representatives (HoR), General Khalifa Haftar, in Tunisia in the coming days. Sources close to Al-Nahda party described the communications by Al- Al-Ghannouchi with the two sides as “encouraging” without giving further details, but they pointed to mediation efforts by Libyan and…

International Festival of the Sahara, wider-reaching celebration of nomadic traditions.

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EACH year, in the Tunisian city of Douz on the edge of the Sahara Desert, thousands of people gather to observe a century-old ritual. Over four days they witness and take part in spectacular fantasia displays, public marriages, unusual dances and other celebrations of the unique Bedouin traditions. This is the International Festival of the Sahara, a tradition revered to people across North Africa but much less known to those beyond it. But intrepid foreigners are slowly starting to make their way to Douz for the four-day arts and cultural…

Amri lived in my home, Italian woman tells Bild

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German daily Bild on Friday quoted a 22-year-old Italian woman called Jessica as saying that Anis Amri, the Tunisian behind the December terrorist attack on a Berlin Christmas market in which 12 people died, lived at her home near Rome for a spell. Amri was killed by police in northern Italy later in December. He was identified on the basis of his appearance and fingerprints after being shot dead when he opened fire on police during an ordinary road stop-check. The newspaper said Jessica’s husband, also a Tunisian who is…