Day: February 4, 2020

Third edition of FITA opens

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The third edition of the International Conference on Financing Investment and Trade in Africa opened on Tuesday, with the participation of nearly 4 thousand companies, 35 African countries, 100 financial institutions and 60 renowned speakers. President of the Tunisian-African Business Council (TABC), Bassem Loukil, said at the opening of the event that Tunisian banks are almost absent in Africa, especially in sub-Saharan countries which hinders the settling of Tunisian companies in this region. Speaking to media, TABC president said that the virtual non-existence of Tunisian banks in Africa is due…

Saharan Ksours officially inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage tentative list

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The Saharan Ksours heritage site in southern Tunisia has been officially inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) tentative list of Tangible Cultural Heritage, the official page of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs reports. The candidacy file was submitted last January 10 by Tunisia’s Ambassador Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Ghazi Ghrairi. Experts and officials from the National Heritage Institute (INP) had prepared the file in record time, according to the same source. This new inscription provided the opportunity to bolster the steps made by Tunisia in…

30 activists gathered in Tunisia for ecological challenges of Mediterranean Sea

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A training course held in Tunisia from January 28 to 31, on “Environmental Challenges in the Mediterranean and the role of civil society”. at the initiative of the Regional Programme “Med dialogue for rights and equality”. The training brought together about thirty participants from North Africa and the Middle East (Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon). The four-day programme aimed to facilitate the development of regional networks and cooperation channels, the strengthening of actors’ capacities and the implementation of concrete actions on the ground to better…