Day: December 30, 2017

MENA Starving: About 25% of Population On the Brink of Famine

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Food security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is worsening very fast because of conflict in a number of countries in the region, the United Nations commented. In the countries that are hit hardest by the conflict – Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Libya and Sudan – an average of more than a quarter of the population was not sufficiently nourished, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said in its annual report entitled The 2017 Edition of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in the Near East and…

Tunisia ranks second in Global Knowledge Index among North African Countries

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Tunisia came second in North Africa with a score of 42 taking the 80th position globally, in the Global Knowledge Index (GKI), co-established by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF). Morocco was ranked first in North Africa and third in the continent in the Global Knowledge Index (GKI), while Algeria with a score of 40 points came third. Despite its good ranking compared to North African neighbors, Morocco received a rating of 43/100, which leaves it in the 77th position globally…