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Hilary Clinton Signs $100 Million Cash Transfer Agreement with Tunisia

Hilary Clinton Signs $100 Million Cash Transfer Agreement with Tunisia
05/21/2012 | Business
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signed a $100 million cash transfer agreement with Tunisia as part of the Obama administration’s efforts to support the country through its democratic transition since the January 2011 ouster of ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Speaking at the State...

Arab Autocrats Aiding Resurgence of Terrorism

Arab Autocrats Aiding Resurgence of Terrorism
05/17/2012 | Debates and Analysis
The rising spectre of terrorism in Syria shows that by clinging to power and refusing to implement meaningful reforms, Arab autocrats in Syria, Bahrain, and elsewhere are indirectly contributing to the resurgence of terrorism in their societies. This cynical calculus allowed Arab autocrats to claim...

Qatar to proceed with $2bn refinery in Tunisia

Qatar to proceed with $2bn refinery in Tunisia
05/16/2012 | Maghreb
Qatar has revived plans to build a $2bn oil refinery in Tunisia after years of delays, Qatari and Tunisian officials said yesterday, expanding the North African country’s refining capacity more than four-fold. Qatar has revived plans to build a $2bn oil refinery in Tunisia after years of delays,...

Tunisia expels Moroccan Salafists convicted of indoctrinating suicide bombers

Tunisia expels Moroccan Salafists convicted of indoctrinating suicide bombers
05/16/2012 | Maghreb
About 50 Tunisian Salafist Muslims protested Tuesday at Tunis-Carthage airport against the expulsion of two Moroccan theologians banned from entering the country, an AFP reporter said. According to police, about 300 Salafists, who favor a strict interpretation of Quranic law, arrived at the airport...

Tunisia: Taking care of the real problems: Jeune Afrique

Tunisia: Taking care of the real problems: Jeune Afrique
05/15/2012 | Maghreb
The cost of living, unemployment, disorder, insecurity are causing great concern, but this does not mean the situation is hopeless.Just so long as everyone gets back to work quickly and seriously says Jeune Afrique (JA). JA wonders how Mohamed Bouazizi, the vegetable peddler whose suicide, December...

Jobs for the boys

Jobs for the boys
05/14/2012 | Africa
The despair over unemployment that sparked the Arab Spring continues to dog graduates in the region. David Matthews reports from a British Council conference in Morocco that aimed to find solutions After police stopped Mohammed Bouazizi from selling fruit and vegetables because he lacked the...

Tunisia to Build First Private Oil Refinery

Tunisia to Build First Private Oil Refinery
05/13/2012 | Business
The first private oil refinery in Tunisia is to be built this year. Minister of Industry Mohamed Lamine Chakhari said on Thursday that “the work of building a new oil refinery project will start in late 2012. In addition, we expect the completion of the agreement on this project to begin on...

EBRD seeks new leader

EBRD seeks new leader
05/13/2012 | News
Facing a possible change at its helm, emerging Europe’s development bank risks stretching itself thinly as mission creep into North Africa eats up resources while the bank’s core charges feel the heat from raging euro zone financial fires. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, set...

Salaries: Moroccans top in N.Africa

Salaries: Moroccans top in N.Africa
05/13/2012 | Business
If the Egyptians had the highest wage increases in 2011, the Moroccan employees remain the highest paid. That at least is what emerges from the traditional Mercer survey on incomes in the world. Need a large increase in salary? Have a revolution! This is the advice that Egyptian executives could...

Women on the road to political leadership in Tunisia

Women on the road to political leadership in Tunisia
05/12/2012 | Debates and Analysis
There are currently 59 women in the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (NCA), out of the 217 deputies elected last fall to draft a new constitution. These 59 women were able to run in the elections as part of a political party either because they had demonstrated leadership in the past or...

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