Day: July 5, 2017

FAO Director-General urges countries to recognize the vital role of rural women in freeing the world from hunger and poverty

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Rural women and girls are key agents of change to free the world from hunger and extreme poverty, said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today at a special side-event on gender equality and women’s empowerment on the sidelines of the FAO’s Conference. “Their role goes beyond agricultural production and extends throughout the food system but, as we all know, rural women continue to face multiple constraints,” he said, noting that they have less access to productive resources and employment opportunities. He also stressed that women are more affected by the consequences of…

Tunisia: CLERPREM plans to create 80 new jobs in 2017

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The CLERPREM group is confident in the positive investment climate in Tunisia and plans to extend its subsidiary in Menzel Jemil (governorate of Bizerte). Supplier of accessories for cars and motorcycles, the company CLERPREM Tunisie also plans to create 80 new jobs during the second half of 2017, CEO of the Group David Baratti said after a meeting with the Governor of Bizerte on Tuesday. He added that the company, which currently employs 420 people, plans to increase the number of its staff to 650 after the planned extension works.…

Tourism revenue in Africa to reach $121 billion in 2026

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Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt take in lion’s share of continent’s tourism revenue The tourism sector’s contribution to GDP in Africa is forecast to increase to $121 billion in 2026, according to the 2017 Economic Development in Africa Report released Wednesday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report entitled “Tourism for Transformative and Inclusive Growth” said the sector’s contribution to GDP in 2016 had amounted to $73 billion. “Tourism’s total contribution to employment in 2011-2014 generated more than 21 million jobs, or roughly one out of 14…

Prepare migrant NGO code of conduct, EU tells Italy

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Italy should prepare a code of conduct for NGO ships carrying out search and rescue operations in the central Mediterranean, the European Commission said in its action plan to ease migratory pressure on Italy. The plan should be drafted in consultation with the EC, and on the basis of dialogue with the NGOs, it said. Italy has said it will instruct NGO rescue ships not to enter Libyan territorial waters. It has also mooted barring non-Italian NGO ships from Italian ports, a threat that will be a key issue at…

Tunisia’s opposition parties call for resumption of diplomatic relations with Syria

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Opposition parties, supported by civil societies and non-governmental organizations, held a protest rally on Tuesday in front of the People’s Representative Assembly, the Tunisian Parliament, to call for the resumption of diplomatic relations with Syria suspended five years ago. Among the slogans chanted during this movement are “the reopening of the Syrian embassy in Tunis,” as well as “the resumption of diplomatic relations with Syria” broken since 2011, witnessed a reporter with Xinhua. This gathering coincides with a debate, which began the same day, on a petition proposed by four…