Day: January 8, 2020

TUNISIA: Gafsa, supported by GIZ, sets up waste sorting centre

BGMN

The governorate of Gafsa (south-west of Tunisia), has recently established a waste sorting centre. The new facility is the result of cooperation between the municipality of El Guettar and the German city of Böblingen, supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German international development cooperation agency, Afrik21said. A waste sorting centre has recently been set up in Tunisia. It is located in the commune of El Guettar, in the governorate of Gafsa in the south-west of the country. The new facility was recently commissioned by the local…

Tunisia receives US $84m for water projects

BGMN

Tunisian received US $84m loan from the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), the German development agency, to finance several solar and water management projects. in the country Out of the total, US $24m has been allocated to the National Sanitation Office (Onas),  intended for the implementation of Phase II of the Industrial Areas Remediation Programme, Construction Review Online reported. The programme will be marked by the collection and treatment of wastewater discharged by plants to prevent it from discharging into wetlands and Mediterranean coasts. This will benefit industrial areas of Moknine, Ben…