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Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:48:28 GMT
Tunisia: Inflation Rate Up to 6.3 Percent in October 2021 (Ins)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The inflation rate edged up to 6.3% in October 2021, after stabilising at 6.2% for the past two months, the National Statistics Institute (INS) said on Friday

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:30:31 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Tunisia Logs 2 More Deaths and 89 Infections On Nov.3
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Two more COVID-19 fatalities and 89 infections were logged on November 3 from 3,020 tests (2.95% positivity rate), the Health Ministry said.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:30:27 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Over 36 Thousand Jabs Administered On Nov.4
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 36,244 COVID-19 vaccine jabs were administered on November 4, the Health Ministry said.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:53:40 GMT
Tunisia: Photovoltaic Power Plant in Tozeur - Rate of Work Progress Reaches Over 97 Percent.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Sofien Manai -- After a delay of several months, the first photovoltaic power plant in Tozeur, southern Tunisia has finally been operational. Its official inauguration will take place in early 2022.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:53:37 GMT
Tunisia: 'Exceptional Measures to Be Shortened' - President Saied
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic Kais Saied, on Thursday, declared that «the exceptional measures will be shortened.»

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:53:33 GMT
Tunisia: Cabinet Meeting Examines Set of Draft Decree-Laws and Presidential Decrees
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saïed chaired Thursday at the Carthage Palace, the Cabinet meeting that examined a set of draft decree-laws and presidential decrees. These include a:

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:53:32 GMT
Tunisia: International Arrest Notice Issued Against Former President Moncef Marzouki- (Justice
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- An international arrest notice was issued against former President of the Republic Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, by the investigating judge in charge of his case, the communication office of the Tunis First Instance...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:48:43 GMT
Africa: The Second Arab-Africa Trade Forum
[Egypt Online] Under the patronage of the Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADIA) and the Arab-African Trade Bridges Program (AATB) organized the Second Arab-Africa Trade Forum, at the Ri...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:47:30 GMT
Egypt: Higher Education Ministry - Egyptian Universities Among Global Rankings
[Egypt Online] Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour said on Thursday 4/11/2021 that the Egyptian universities were listed among global university rankings.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:47:30 GMT
Egypt: FM Participates in Launching Ceremony of Egypt's Joint Platform for Migrants and Refugees
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry participated on Thursday 4/11/2021 in the launching ceremony of the Joint Platform for Migrants and Refugees in Egypt.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:47:28 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Signs Partnership Contract With Greece's Nanophos Company
[Egypt Online] Heliopolis company for chemical industries (Factory 81) signed a partnership contract on Thursday 4/11/2021 with Creazure Building Materials and Greece's NanoPhos company to foster cooperation in nanotechnology coatings.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:47:24 GMT
Egypt: Shoukri Probes With UN Envoy Promoting Middle East Peace
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri discussed during a meeting with United Nations (UN) Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland ways to propel the peace process in the Middle East, Foreign Ministry Spokesman amb...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:16:53 GMT
Tunisia: Ridha Charfeddine Resigns From Parliament and Quits Politics and Sports
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- MP Ridha Charfeddine Thursday announced his resignation and "definitive" retirement from politics and sports "for strictly personal and family reasons."

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:16:49 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Over 42 Thousand Jabs Administered On November 3
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 42,789 COVID-19 vaccine jabs were administered on November 3, according to the Health Ministry's figures.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:09:36 GMT
Egypt: FM, UN Envoy to Hold Talks On Thursday
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will hold talks on Thursday with Tor Wennesland, UN envoy for the Middle East peace process, who is on a visit to Cairo.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:09:33 GMT
North Africa: PM - Presidential Directives to Develop Egypt-Comesa Regional Integration
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli asserted Egypt is keen on boosting trade exchange with African countries, given the fact that regional cooperation through trade blocs has been a most important mechanism for achieving development.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:09:31 GMT
Egypt: Dollar Exchange Rate Remains Stable At Major Banks
[Egypt Online] The US dollar exchange rate was stable at the start of Thursday's transactions at Egypt's major banks.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:09:29 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Takes Part in Meeting On Human Rights Education, Culture
[Egypt Online] A delegation representing the Foreign Ministry and the technical secretariat of the higher committee for human rights took part in the first meeting of a group of governmental experts concerned with drafting an Arab plan for human righ...

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:09:26 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Adopting Ambitious Strategy for Cleaner Energy
[Egypt Online] Petroleum Minister Tareq el Mulla said Egypt is adopting an ambitious strategy to turn to cleaner energy and lowering greenhouse gas emissions within the framework of Egypt Vision 2030.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:53:47 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Nabeul Logs 1 Fatality and 12 Infections
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Nabeul governorate logged 1 more COVID-19 fatality and 12 infections from 279 tests (a positivity rate of 3.4%), taking the death toll to 1,431 and the caseload to 49,919 including 48,363 since the outbreak...

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:53:44 GMT
Tunisia: COP26 - Tunisian Delegation Discusses Main Negotiation Outcomes
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian delegation, which participates in the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the on November 1-12 in Glasgow, is holding daily meetings to discuss the main outcomes of the negotiations on...

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:53:39 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Tunisia Logs 2 More Deaths, 102 Infections On Nov.2
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Two more COVID-19 fatalities and 102 infections were logged on November 2 from 3,861 tests (2.64% positivity rate), the Health Ministry said.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 06:17:38 GMT
North Africa: Diplomatic Dispute Between Algeria and Morocco Prompts Energy Crisis in Spain
[VOA] Madrid -- Spain faces a fresh energy crisis after Algeria shut off supplies of natural gas through one of the two pipelines linking Spain with the North African state.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:08:29 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Orders Transfer of Government Offices to NAC As of Dec
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has issued directives to the government to start the transfer of some of its offices to the government district the New Administrative Capital (NAC).

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:08:05 GMT
Egypt: Iraq,Egypt Discuss Trilateral Power Linkage Project
[Egypt Online] Iraqi Planning Minister Khaled Battal Al Najem had talks on Wednesday 3/11/2021 with Egyptian Ambassador to Iraq Walid Mohamed Ismail on the three-way power linkage project.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:08:03 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Updates Sustainable Development Strategy to Cope With Climate Change - Minister
[Egypt Online] The Egyptian government has updated its sustainable development strategy to better cope with new and emerging challenges, including population growth, climate change and water scarcity, the planning minister said.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:08:02 GMT
Egypt: Head of House Committee On Human Rights Receives Head of ICRC in Cairo
[Egypt Online] MP Tareq Radwan, the head of the parliamentary committee for human rights, received on Wednesday 3/11/2021 Jerome Fontana, Head of Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Cairo.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 07:52:02 GMT
Kenya: Tunisia Has Achieved 50 Percent of Its Commitments to Nairobi Summit - Academic
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia has fullfilled about 50% of its commitments to the 2019 Nairobi Summit, mainly in the areas of population and development, academic Mansour Nejah said at a workshop organised by the Health Ministry and ...

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 07:52:00 GMT
Tunisia: Sidi Bouzid - 8 New Infections and 7 Recoveries in 24 Hours
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Eight more coronavirus infection cases have been detected in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid in the last 24 hours. This takes to 29,709 the number of COVID-19 cases in the region, since the spread of the pandemi...

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 07:51:58 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Zaghouan Records 5 More Infections
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Zaghouan governorate saw five more infections with the coronavirus during the last 48 hours, pushing the caseload to 9,928, including 428 fatalities.



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