Thomas Cook has announced that Tunisia is the biggest travel trend for people in the United Kingdom according to data gathered on its site between Christmas and New Year alone. With 4.5 milion searches for holiday destinations, the British company claimed that 2013 is the year to go to Tunisia. Thomas Cook is already encouraging [...]
Tunisia is not relenting on its efforts to make the country a principal destination in the region as the Minister of Tourism Elyes Fakhfakh accompanied 20 ambassadors on a tour to the southern region of Jerid in a bid to promote it as a new tourist destination. The tour was also aimed at promoting the [...]
Desertec is the association of 57 partners from 16 countries which defines itself as the world’s biggest solar power. For three years now, Desertec has been working on an agreement to build a 500 Megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Morocco. The plan is to feed power to European countries by underwater cables coming from [...]
Negotiators from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have finally been able to agree with those from the European Union. The two parties have been involved in a renewal negotiation discussion over a fishing accord but conclusions were too difficult to come by because of diverging financial interests. After more than a year of diplomatic interactions, [...]
Maghreb countries have finally realized that joining efforts to fight terror groups and criminal networks operating in the region is of paramount importance to the security and stability of each and every country of the region. To discuss ways and means to counter this serious threat, the Foreign ministers of the five member countries forming [...]
The US administration announced last week it was launching a new partnership with sub-Saharan Africa meant to improve democracy, economic growth, security and trade in the region. The announcement was made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum held in Washington. This new partnership seeks to encourage the [...]
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