US donation worth $ 335 million to Tunisia under five-year programme

Tunisia received a donation from the United States worth $ 335 million (the equivalent of 1 billion dinars) to fund projects and programmes meant to boost economic and social development by means of couraging entrepreneurship and improving governance, the Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation said in a statement. The donation is part of a US co-operation and support programme for a five-year period (2019-2024). The donation agreement was signed by Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation Zied Ladhari and Country Director and Senior Development Advisor for US…

Up 11 % of Tunisian pharmaceutical industry

“The Tunisian pharmaceutical industry has registered an annual growth of 11 p% in the last two decades,” said interim Health Minister Sonia Ben Chiekhas she inaugurated Tuesday the second edition of the Realities Medical Forum held in Tunis on August. 27-28. “Pharmaceutical Industry as a Health Pillar,” is the theme of the forum which is organized in partnership with the Tunisian Association of Generic Drugs in coordination with the health ministry. Investments in this industry during the last three years, she added, have hit 300 million dinars (some 105 million…

Migrants Crisis in Mediterranean: IOM accused of forcing Bangladeshis to go home

The UN migration agency has been accused of forcing Bangladeshi migrants, including children, in Tunisia to return home following weeks at sea, the Daily Star reported. The Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux (FTDES) NGO, filed a complaint to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Tunisia this month in this regard. The group of 64 Bangladeshis said they felt pressed by the IOM to sign a voluntary return paper, or risk arrest, according to a report by British daily The Guardian published on August 26. The migrants…