Day: April 2, 2017

Fuel and gas crisis committee confirms success of anti-fuel-smuggling campaign

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The fuel and gas crisis committee has confirmed that the intensive campaign it had announced a couple of weeks ago to stop fuel smuggling in western and southern Libya has turned out a great success. “The campaign has achieved great results and limited the percentage of fuel smuggling in a considerable proportion.” The committee said on Facebook. It added that before shutting the land borders by Nalut Military Council in the face of the fuel-smuggling trucks en route to Tunisia, there were about 69 trucks laden with 40.000 liters each, which means…

Youssef Chahed to start Monday his African tour

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Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will visit Monday Niamey, capital of Niger, the first stage of his African tour during which he will also visit Burkina Faso and Mali. This 4-day tour aims to activate economic diplomacy between Tunisia and the sub-Saharan countries, to boost cooperation in various sectors, to strengthen trade and to conquer new markets. The Prime Minister will be accompanied by 4 ministers, namely, Ministers of Development, Investment and International Cooperation, Industry and Trade, Vocational Training and Employment, and Health. The Tunisian delegation will also include 80 Tunisian…

Airline electronics ban causes dismay in Tunisia, Morocco

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Royal Air Maroc, Mo­rocco’s largest airline, announced it would bar electronic devices, excluding cell phones and medical items, from cabins on flights directly to and from the United States, in compliance with a US directive Fellow Maghreb state carrier Tunisair announced a similar pol­icy for its flights to and from the United Kingdom, based on an elec­tronics ban issued by British au­thorities. The US ban applies to flights on Royal Air Maroc and eight other airlines originating in ten airports in eight Middle Eastern countries, including Morocco. The British ban…

Tunisians seek justice over ‘boats of death’

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Hundreds of Tunisian men have disappeared while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea towards Italy. In a modest, but bright, two-storey apartment in the Tunisian town of Bizerte, a group of women sit on a couch, waiting. In their hands, they clutch photos of their children and husbands, who left home six years ago in search of a better life in Europe. These mothers and wives will not stop searching, hoping to find justice for their loved ones who disappeared off Tunisia’s Mediterranean coast. “What we want is the truth,”…